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Written Question
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
Tuesday 8th December 2015

Asked by: Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 1 December (HL3644), which UK members and UK associate members attended the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Cheltenham on 16 and 17 November.

Answered by Lord Dunlop

The Northern Ireland Office is not responsible for the administration of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly.

However, I am advised by the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly secretariat that the following full members of the UK delegation to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly took part in the Assembly’s plenary session held in Cheltenham from 15 to 17 November 2015:

David Anderson MP

Lord Bew

Baroness Blood

Andrew Bridgen MP

Deidre Brock MP

Oliver Colvile MP

Lord Dubs

Mark Durkan MP

Paul Farrelly MP

Lord Glentoran

Helen Jones MP

Danny Kinahan MP

Rt Hon Lord Mawhinney

Conor McGinn MP

Nigel Mills MP

Laurence Robertson MP

Andrew Rosindell MP

Lord Skelmersdale

Robin Walker MP.

In addition, a number of full and associate members who had initially committed to attend the plenary session withdrew at short notice.




Written Question
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
Tuesday 1st December 2015

Asked by: Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the UK members of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly; and to which political group each member belongs.

Answered by Lord Dunlop

Responsibility for appointing the United Kingdom delegation to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly lies with the Lords Speaker and the Speaker of the House of Commons.

The current members of the United Kingdom delegation and the political party to which they belong are set out below:


MEMBERS


Lord (Paul) Bew

Cross-Bench

Baroness (May) Blood MBE

Labour

Mr Andrew Bridgen MP

Conservative

Ms Deirdre Brock MP

SNP

Mr Oliver Colvile MP

Conservative

Miss Rosie Cooper MP

Labour

Rt Hon Baroness (Jean) Corston

Labour

Rt Hon Mr Jeffrey Donaldson MP

DUP

Lord (Alf) Dubs

Labour

Mr Mark Durkan MP

SDLP

Mr Nigel Evans MP

Conservative

Mr Paul Farrelly MP

Labour

Lord (Robin) Glentoran

Conservative

Ms Helen Jones MP

Labour

Mr Danny Kinahan MP

UUP

Mr Jack Lopresti MP

Conservative

Rt Hon Lord (Brian) Mawhinney

Conservative

Mr Conor McGinn MP

Labour

Mr Nigel Mills MP

Conservative

Lord (Roger) Skelmersdale

Conservative

Mr Robin Walker MP

Conservative


ASSOCIATE MEMBERS


Ms Caroline Ansell MP

Conservative

Ms Victoria Atkins MP

Conservative

Mr Tom Blenkinsop MP

Labour

Viscount (Robin) Bridgeman

Conservative

Mr Glyn Davies MP

Conservative

Lord (Bernard) Donoughue

Labour

Lord (Reg) Empey

UUP

Mrs Margaret Ferrier MP

SNP

Lord (James) Gordon of Strathblane

Labour

Rt Hon David Hanson MP

Labour

Mr Stephen Hepburn MP

Labour

Lord (John) Kilclooney

Cross-Bench

Ms Siobhain McDonagh MP

Labour

Sir Alan Meale MP

Labour

Lord (Christopher) Tugendhat

Conservative









Written Question
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
Wednesday 29th July 2015

Asked by: Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the members of the United Kingdom delegation to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly; and to which political party each member is affiliated.

Answered by Lord Dunlop

Responsibility for appointing the United Kingdom delegation to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly lies with the Lords Speaker and the Speaker of the House of Commons.

The Government’s understanding is that the United Kingdom delegation has not yet been appointed following the General Election.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2011
Northern Ireland: Economy

"My Lords, I should like to fill the gap—I was not aware of this debate until today, unfortunately. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, on having this debate. As the noble Lord, Lord Empey, says, the great news is that we are discussing the economy of Northern Ireland and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2011
Northern Ireland: Economy

"Well, there is one for integrated schools, one for Roman Catholic schools and one for state voluntary schools, which is amazing. On John Lewis’s planning application at Lisburn, there is no decision. There are no decisions being made and sooner or later the public in Northern Ireland will catch on, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2011
Northern Ireland: Economy

"As to the cost of reducing corporation tax in Northern Ireland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer during his most recent visit to Northern Ireland said that reducing the tax could mean a reduction in the block grant of £400 million. This committee will now consider what would be the cost …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2011
Northern Ireland: Bill of Rights

"My Lords, does the Minister recall that, when we negotiated the Belfast agreement, we had it specifically written into the agreement that there would be progress on human rights not only in Northern Ireland but in the Republic of Ireland? When will the Government make representations to Dublin to have …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Mar 2011
Northern Ireland: Bill of Rights

"My Lords, can the Minister confirm that the Belfast agreement brought benefits to the peoples of both states in the island of Ireland? Can he recall that there were obligations on the Dublin Government in that agreement to create a human rights commission, to ratify the Council of Europe’s convention …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Nov 2010
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shutt, for introducing these two orders. They take me back 40 years, to almost the middle of the last century, to when I was the Minister at Home Affairs responsible for elections in Northern Ireland. At the time, we had irregularities in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Nov 2010
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010

"Northern Ireland has seen the arrival of thousands upon thousands of Europeans. People from one country go to one town and people from another country go to another—it is not spread evenly across Northern Ireland. For example, you get lots of Portuguese in Dungannon, while in Armagh there are lots …..."
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