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• Northern Ireland: Political Developments - Statement 28 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I welcome the Statement but I have to say that it is extremely disappointing that an Executive in Northern Ireland has not been formed so that eventually we could have a strong and stable government. We see former Secretaries of State here in this House. These are complex issues and they have been challenging parties in Northern Ireland for about 20 years. Sometimes there is a...

• Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Statement 17 Jan 2017

  My Lords, I too welcome the Statement. I have to say that it is a sad day for Northern Ireland. Many of us in this Chamber worked hard over a number of years to get where we are in Northern Ireland. No one in this Chamber should underestimate the huge challenge faced by our politicians in Northern Ireland after these Assembly elections in trying to put a power-sharing Government together in...

• Northern Ireland: Political Developments - Statement 10 Jan 2017

  My Lords, I also welcome the Statement by the Minister. All this started with the renewable heat incentive scheme in the Assembly. But this is not about playing the blame game anymore. I welcome the continuing partnership between the Government, the Labour Party and the opposition parties on how we might resolve this issue, because there is no doubt that it needs to be resolved....

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DUP Peer, Former Speaker, and MLA for Foyle

Entered the House of Lords on 13 January 2015

Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election

Left the Assembly on 13 October 2014 — retired

Party was DUP until 8 May 2007; Speaker until 13 Oct 2014

Also represented Foyle

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• Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Hay of Ballyore’s speeches
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 37.61% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 30 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 9 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)