Results 1-20 of 306 for speaker:Lord Empey
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Afghanistan (22 May 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what equipment they intend to donate to the Government of Afghanistan upon withdrawing combat troops from that jurisdiction in 2014.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (22 May 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty’s Government who selected the organisations listed in Section 46(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002; and why those organisations were selected. To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Central Investigation Service within the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was not specified in Section 46 of the Justice (Northern...
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013)
Lord Empey: My Lords, every time the economy and public spending are mentioned, the word "growth" usually accompanies them. Today is no exception. People say that what we need are policies for growth, as this is the only way to close the deficit and reduce our borrowing. It is easy to see why this is a popular idea. When one looks at the graph of spending to borrowing, a rise in tax revenues brought...
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve (24 April 2013)
Lord Empey: My Lords, perhaps I may briefly raise one very minor point. It has occurred to me that when we deal with supplementary Oral Questions, there might be a difficulty for some Members with mobility issues in getting up quickly enough to actually put a Question. I do not know what the solution is, but perhaps the Chairman of Committees and his colleagues would bear it in mind. It frequently...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Covenant (10 April 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the current implementation of the military covenant in Northern Ireland. To ask Her Majesty's Government when they sought the views of the Northern Ireland Executive on the implementation of the military covenant. To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 11 February (WA 137), what...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Northern Ireland Executive: Meetings (10 April 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 19 March (WA 143), on how many occasions, and on what dates, they met the leaders of each of the political parties within the Northern Ireland Executive, or their representatives, in the past 12 months.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Northern Ireland Parades Commission (26 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they permit the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland to engage consultants and companies to conduct public attitude or opinion surveys; and if so, how much the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland has spent on such consultants and companies in the past three financial years.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Northern Ireland Parades Commission (26 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have agreed a budget with the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland that includes provision for funds to be spent on consultants and companies that conduct public attitude or opinion surveys.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Northern Ireland Parades Commission (26 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland has engaged consultants to conduct political opinion polls in Northern Ireland; when and for what purpose any such polls were undertaken; and what level of expenditure was incurred.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Northern Ireland Parades Commission (26 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they agreed to the appearance, and interview of, a member of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland at a political party conference earlier this year.
- Crime and Courts Bill [HL] — Commons Amendments (25 March 2013)
Lord Empey: Before the Minister sits down, perhaps he can address the question that I raised. In circumstances where agreement is not reached, where the Executive do not make alternative arrangements to pursue crime as was intended by the NCA, and where evidence emerges that crime is developing in Northern Ireland and is being spread to the mainland, what steps will the Government take?
- Crime and Courts Bill [HL] — Commons Amendments (25 March 2013)
Lord Empey: My Lords, the Minister's proposals are, as he said, a matter of deep regret with regard to Northern Ireland. For those noble Lords who perhaps have not followed the case, the Northern Ireland Executive refused to allow the powers of a constable to be conferred on an NCA official. This means that, in practice, Sinn Fein vetoed the establishment of the National Crime Agency in respect of...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Single Farm Payment (21 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional steps they are taking to ensure that farmers comply with the European Union decision that land claimed for single farm payment entitlement is clearly defined by a physical boundary where land parcels are shared but not legally established commons.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: National Crime Agency (19 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to establish the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Northern Ireland Executive (19 March 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings they had with the leaders of each of the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive or their representatives during 2012.
- Succession to the Crown Bill: Report (13 March 2013)
Lord Empey: Can the noble and learned Lord clarify one point concerning the relationship between this legislation and the other Commonwealth countries and what the implications of change would be?
- Commonwealth and Commonwealth Charter — Motion to Take Note (7 March 2013)
Lord Empey: My Lords, I wanted to address a couple of issues this afternoon, the first being the economic dimension to the Commonwealth. As we have heard from many speeches, approximately one-third of humanity is engaged in the Commonwealth and it very largely shares with people and businesses in this country a common language and very similar approaches to law. Among these diverse countries are those...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Corporation Tax (26 February 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HM Revenue and Customs allows United Kingdom companies to offset corporation tax in the United Kingdom as a result of losses incurred in other European Union countries. To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HM Revenue and Customs has agreed to the importation of tax losses incurred by Bank of Scotland (Ireland) by the Bank of Scotland PLC....
- First World War: Commemoration — Question (12 February 2013)
Lord Empey: My Lords, given that HMS "Caroline", which is currently moored in Belfast, is the last surviving commissioned light cruiser that participated in the battle of Jutland, what plans do the Government have for the future of that vessel?
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Northern Ireland (12 February 2013)
Lord Empey: To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the Northern Ireland Executive prior to the publication of the Armed Forces covenant annual report 2012. To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to guarantee access to cross-government services for serving and former members of the Armed Forces who reside in Northern Ireland. To ask Her Majesty's Government what...