Information between 24th May 2026 - 13th July 2026
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Tuesday 30th June 2026 Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Reforming university student finance View calendar - Add to calendar |
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23 Jun 2026 - Carbon Budget Order 2026 - View Vote Context Lord Hain voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 46 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 60 |
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30 Jun 2026 - National Security (State Threats) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hain voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 150 Noes - 216 |
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8 Jul 2026 - Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hain voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 202 |
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Lord Hain speeches from: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Lord Hain contributed 1 speech (89 words) Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport |
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Lord Hain speeches from: University Student Finance
Lord Hain contributed 2 speeches (150 words) Tuesday 30th June 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Universities: Debts
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Wednesday 1st July 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what are the twenty universities with the largest financial deficits. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of higher education in England, is responsible for monitoring the sector’s financial sustainability. Its most recent report on the sector’s financial health, published in May 2026, found that 35.8 per cent of providers recorded a deficit in 2024/25, an improvement on earlier forecasts of 44.2 per cent, however, deficits alone do not provide a complete picture of financial health Key financial indicators are also published through the Higher Education Statistics Agency and in providers’ own financial statements The department does not hold information on the twenty universities with the largest deficits. While the OfS collects provider-level data, it does not routinely rank institutions. |
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Universities: Debts
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Wednesday 1st July 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government how many universities are in a financial deficit. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of higher education in England, is responsible for monitoring the sector’s financial sustainability. Its most recent report on the sector’s financial health, published in May 2026, found that 35.8 per cent of providers recorded a deficit in 2024/25, an improvement on earlier forecasts of 44.2 per cent, however, deficits alone do not provide a complete picture of financial health Key financial indicators are also published through the Higher Education Statistics Agency and in providers’ own financial statements The department does not hold information on the twenty universities with the largest deficits. While the OfS collects provider-level data, it does not routinely rank institutions. |
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Graduates: Taxation
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis a university graduate tax would be counted against the public sector borrowing requirement. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The fiscal impact of student loans is measured by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The statistics the ONS publishes are independent, following methodologies designed in consultation with the international statistical community and in line with the European System of Accounts. The ONS treats student loans partly as loans, since some portion will be repaid, and partly as capital transfers, since some will not. Under this partitioned loan-transfer approach, what counts to public sector net borrowing and public sector net financial liabilities is the transfer less modified interest, the interest accruing on the loan portion. |
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Debts: Students
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis total university student debt is not counted against the public sector borrowing requirement. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The fiscal impact of student loans is measured by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The statistics the ONS publishes are independent, following methodologies designed in consultation with the international statistical community and in line with the European System of Accounts. The ONS treats student loans partly as loans, since some portion will be repaid, and partly as capital transfers, since some will not. Under this partitioned loan-transfer approach, what counts to public sector net borrowing and public sector net financial liabilities is the transfer less modified interest, the interest accruing on the loan portion. |
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Emergency Calls
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 9th July 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government how many volunteers are involved in emergency call outs for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The UK mainline coastline is 11,073 miles (source Ordnance Survey), increasing to 19,491 miles if larger offshore islands are included. However, the coastline of the UK is fully encompassed by the UK Search and Rescue Region (UK SRR) which HM Coastguard continually monitors for distress and urgency calls.
Total Maritime and Coastguard Agency Resource Budget:
2024/25 £447.7million 2023/24 £416.6million 2022/23 £416.2million
Total Spend on Volunteer Payments
2024/25 £5.7million 2023/24 £5.2million 2022/23 £4.5million
Total spent on Staffing Costs for the last 3 years:
There are approximately 3,000 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers. |
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Emergency Calls
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 9th July 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government how many miles of coastline the Maritime and Coastguard Agency monitors for emergency call outs. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The UK mainline coastline is 11,073 miles (source Ordnance Survey), increasing to 19,491 miles if larger offshore islands are included. However, the coastline of the UK is fully encompassed by the UK Search and Rescue Region (UK SRR) which HM Coastguard continually monitors for distress and urgency calls.
Total Maritime and Coastguard Agency Resource Budget:
2024/25 £447.7million 2023/24 £416.6million 2022/23 £416.2million
Total Spend on Volunteer Payments
2024/25 £5.7million 2023/24 £5.2million 2022/23 £4.5million
Total spent on Staffing Costs for the last 3 years:
There are approximately 3,000 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers. |
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Finance
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 9th July 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government what was (1) the total budget of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and (2) the total spent by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on volunteer payments for emergency call outs, in each of the last three financial years. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The UK mainline coastline is 11,073 miles (source Ordnance Survey), increasing to 19,491 miles if larger offshore islands are included. However, the coastline of the UK is fully encompassed by the UK Search and Rescue Region (UK SRR) which HM Coastguard continually monitors for distress and urgency calls.
Total Maritime and Coastguard Agency Resource Budget:
2024/25 £447.7million 2023/24 £416.6million 2022/23 £416.2million
Total Spend on Volunteer Payments
2024/25 £5.7million 2023/24 £5.2million 2022/23 £4.5million
Total spent on Staffing Costs for the last 3 years:
There are approximately 3,000 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers. |
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Staff
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 9th July 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency spent on staffing costs in each of the last three financial years. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The UK mainline coastline is 11,073 miles (source Ordnance Survey), increasing to 19,491 miles if larger offshore islands are included. However, the coastline of the UK is fully encompassed by the UK Search and Rescue Region (UK SRR) which HM Coastguard continually monitors for distress and urgency calls.
Total Maritime and Coastguard Agency Resource Budget:
2024/25 £447.7million 2023/24 £416.6million 2022/23 £416.2million
Total Spend on Volunteer Payments
2024/25 £5.7million 2023/24 £5.2million 2022/23 £4.5million
Total spent on Staffing Costs for the last 3 years:
There are approximately 3,000 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers. |
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10 Jun 2026, 3:14 p.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "Lord Hain has been characteristically patient. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Jun 2026, 3:15 p.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "Sorry, I didn't quite catch the substance of your question, Lord Hain. " Speaker 4 - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2026, 4:30 p.m. - House of Lords "territorial waters. >> Lord Hain declaring my interest. Being half Danish. The Danes have " Lord Coaker, The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Jul 2026, 6:26 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment 21 in the name of name of Lord Sharpe and Lord Hain hunt, " Lord Leong, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Jul 2026, 11:49 a.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "And then immediately afterwards, Lord Hain to deal with question 11 in our list of questions. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Jul 2026, 11:50 a.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "Lord Hain. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Jul 2026, 11:54 a.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "Yes, yes and yes, Lord Hain, I think you had a supplementary question. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Jul 2026, 11:58 a.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "I think part of the thrust of these two questions asked by um, Baroness Sanderson and Lord Hain, is whether there should be a more formal approach, um to ensure that the consultations were both disclosable and accountable. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Jun 2026, 2:13 p.m. - International Agreements Committee "But look, the point you asked Lord Hain about, um the commitments in article two five of the treaty and of course the complement, I believe, to article five of the Washington treaty very much is in relation to what I said in my opening remarks, which is these are mutually reinforcing strands of a of a muscle. " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Jun 2026, 2:57 p.m. - House of Lords " Oral Question Lord Hain. Paper. >> My Lords, this government is " Oral questions: Reforming university student finance - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Jul 2026, 11:36 a.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "Uh, whereas the equality commissions, um and Lord Hain will know this because he was responsible for appointing me. " Speaker 5 - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Jul 2026, 6:58 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Sharpe Lord Hain and Lord Fox for taking the time to meet with me over the last few weeks. My Lords, I believe that " Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Jul 2026, 11:21 a.m. - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee "Thank you, Lord Hain. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Jul 2026, 4:56 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Lord Sharpe and Lord Hain and your Lordships' House with " Lord Leong, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
21 speeches (1,437 words) Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Hain, said, it is very good value for the taxpayer. - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 8th July 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 6th Meeting 1 July 2026 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Dodds of Duncairn Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee Baroness Goudie Lord Hain |
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Friday 3rd July 2026
Written Evidence - Justice SSP0049 - Security, safety and protest: the role of Human Rights Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: 2025 177 HC Deb, 2 July 2025, columns 347, 349, 355, 360, 364-5, 367-369, 374; HL Deb, 3 July, c947 Lord Hain |
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Wednesday 1st July 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 5th Meeting 24 June 2026 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Dodds of Duncairn Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee Baroness Goudie Lord Hain |
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Wednesday 1st July 2026
Oral Evidence - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: of Duncairn; Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard; Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee; Baroness Goudie; Lord Hain |
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Wednesday 24th June 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 4th Meeting 17 June 2026 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Apologies and notices Apologies were received from Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee, Lord Hain and Lord |
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Wednesday 24th June 2026
Oral Evidence - Queen's University Belfast, and 11KBW Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: of Duncairn; Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard; Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee; Baroness Goudie; Lord Hain |
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Friday 19th June 2026
Declarations of interest - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Inquiry on Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework - Declaration of Interests (17 June 2026) Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Member, Board of Co-operation Ireland Baroness Goudie • No relevant interests to declare Lord Hain |
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Wednesday 17th June 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 3rd meeting 10 June 2026 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Lord Carlile of Berriew Lord Dodds of Duncairn Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee Baroness Goudie Lord Hain |
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Wednesday 10th June 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 2nd Meeting 3 June 2026 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Dodds of Duncairn Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee Baroness Goudie Lord Hain |
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Wednesday 10th June 2026
Oral Evidence - Durham Law School, Durham University, Newcastle University, and Queen's University Belfast Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: of Berriew (The Chair); Lord Dodds of Duncairn; Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee; Baroness Goudie; Lord Hain |
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Thursday 4th June 2026
Formal Minutes - Minutes 1st Meeting 20 May 2026 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Found: Apologies and notices Apologies were received from Lord Hain and Lord Lexden. 2. |
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Wednesday 1st July 2026 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework At 10:45am: Oral evidence Alyson Kilpatrick - Chief Commissioner at Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Éilis Haughey - Director (Human Rights after EU Withdrawal) at Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Dr Claire McCann - Senior Policy and Research Officer at Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 8th July 2026 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework At 10:45am: Oral evidence Professor Monica McWilliams - Emeritus Professor of Women’s Studies, Ulster University; Co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition Dermot Nesbitt - Lead negotiator for the Ulster Unionist Party to the multi-party negotiations 1998, regarding human rights and equality Mark Durkan - Former deputy First Minister and a negotiator for the SDLP during the multi-party talks leading to the Belfast Agreement View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 9th September 2026 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 15th July 2026 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework At 10:45am: Oral evidence Dermot Nesbitt - Lead negotiator for the Ulster Unionist Party to the multi-party negotiations 1998, regarding human rights and equality View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 2nd September 2026 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework View calendar - Add to calendar |
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2 Jun 2026
Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee is conducting an inquiry into Article 2 of the Protocol/Windsor Framework (Article 2 WF), the so-called 'non-diminution of rights' provision. The Committee will examine the scope and implications of Article 2 WF on Northern Ireland and the wider United Kingdom. In light of the recent Supreme Court decision in the Dillon case, the Committee is also interested in the enforceability of Article 2 WF in UK law, as well as the UK Government’s, EU’s, and civil society’s expectations of its operation and application. |