Mr Seamus Mallon, former MP, Newry and Armagh, former MLA, Newry and Armagh

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11th May to 2nd June 2020

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2nd to 9th June 2020

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10th June 2020 onwards

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A selection of Mr Seamus Mallon’s votes

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Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, between 1999–2003.
Voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 10 absences, between 1997–2004.

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Recent appearances

Orders of the Day — Inquiries Bill [Lords] 15 Mar 2005

I thank the Minister for giving way to me, and for his kind words. Will he try to explain why—after 17 years and a police investigation by Sir John Stevens, which was very conclusive indeed—there is still no conclusion in respect of the Finucane incident? How, after the passage of 17 years, can the Minister's statement be substantiated?
Orders of the Day — Inquiries Bill [Lords] 15 Mar 2005

One of the difficulties with the Saville inquiry was that it had to undo the faulty inquiry chaired by Lord Widgery. There was a danger in having reached a faulty conclusion through a faulty inquiry—the infamous Widgery inquiry—so the Saville inquiry's first business was to undo that. Secondly, there was an inordinate number of requests from the Ministry of Defence for judicial review, at...
Orders of the Day — Inquiries Bill [Lords] 15 Mar 2005

May I say first that the perception of public inquiries among people in the north of Ireland, where I come from, is somewhat different from the general view of public inquiries carried out in England or Scotland or Wales? That is the case owing to the very nature of events and circumstances there, but the essence of the need does not change with circumstances or timing. On the very day that I...