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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Casement Park: Spending Review

"My Lords, having attended a GAA match at Celtic Park in the Bogside in Londonderry last April, I am fully aware of the importance of Gaelic games for large numbers in the community in Northern Ireland. I also understand the strong emotions generated by Casement Park for others, not least …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Rutland Lieutenancy

"My Lords, it is over 50 years since one of the most unloved reforms of local government in our history. Given the changes that are now taking place, has the time not now come to drop altogether the word “county” from local government administrative units and to restore, for ceremonial …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, I rise to give strong support to the amendment moved so ably by my noble friend. Like other noble Lords, I do so on the basis of some experience.

In November 2021, I was invited to join the Government as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Northern …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025

"My Lords, before I turn to the instrument before the Committee, as this is a Northern Ireland debate and it is 1 July, I want to take a moment to reflect that today marks the 109th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. We remember the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025

"I do not wish to detain the Committee for much longer. The noble Baroness rightly said that the criminal justice system is devolved in Northern Ireland, but these are cases that involve national security issues, which are, of course, a responsibility of His Majesty’s Government and the Secretary of State. …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025

"I am grateful to the Minister, and I appreciate that she cannot give a time commitment on the introduction of legislation, but can she confirm whether the Government intend to set out the next steps on legacy before the Summer Recess?..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025

"Your officials are brilliant...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Independent Schools: Tax Changes

"My Lords, yesterday the oldest independent prep school in my home city of Leeds, Moorlands, announced its closure after 127 years. Twelve days ago, the renowned Queen Margaret’s School in York, which has been educating girls for 125 years, said that it will close on 5 July, three days before …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Disorder in Ballymena

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the disorder in Ballymena...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Disorder in Ballymena

"My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness. We too condemn unreservedly the appalling acts of racist thuggery in Ballymena, for which there can be not a single shred of justification. There is nothing remotely British about wrapping oneself in the union flag and attacking migrants, forcing people …..."
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