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26 Feb 2025, 11:19 p.m. - House of Lords
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26 Feb 2025, 11:19 p.m. - House of Lords
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Parliamentary Debates
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
183 speeches (33,912 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 18th November 2025 - Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: Sarah Pochin (RUK - Runcorn and Helsby) achievement, but I remember watching the television with my parents when the Queen shook hands with Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech

Northern Ireland Veterans: Prosecution
169 speeches (26,658 words)
Monday 14th July 2025 - Westminster Hall
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness said that they could not go ahead with the deal—they were fearful of - Link to Speech

IRA Terrorism: Compensation for Victims
16 speeches (6,976 words)
Thursday 1st May 2025 - Grand Committee
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) As Aileen said, considering that one of those leaders was Martin McGuinness,“when it has been said in - Link to Speech

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2024
34 speeches (13,967 words)
Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: None prosecution of certain types of IRA terrorists: only those deemed to be supporters of Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech
2: None coming out of Bogside at the time; and an informant’s report featuring a long conversation with Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech

Northern Ireland
42 speeches (28,471 words)
Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Caine (Con - Life peer) I was present in the Lyric Theatre in 2012 when the late Queen shook the hand of Martin McGuinness. - Link to Speech

Israel/Gaza
107 speeches (53,596 words)
Tuesday 24th October 2023 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) one that I remember personally is when I was attending a dinner in Northern Ireland at which Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill
33 speeches (10,644 words)
Consideration of Commons amendments
Tuesday 5th September 2023 - Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Minister Tony Blair and Jonathan Powell on behalf of the Government, and by Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech
2: Lord Caine (CON - Life peer) Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson, then Deputy First Minister and First Minister respectively, came - Link to Speech

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill
60 speeches (16,937 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 11th May 2023 - Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) University at the 25th anniversary event that the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, mentioned, refer to Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech
2: Lord Bew (CB - Life peer) —and intelligence documents about the debriefing of IRA informers and discussing the role of Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 5th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Commission for Victims and Survivors Northern Ireland, and Office of the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner

The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: Veterans will point out to me the Saville inquiry, where Martin McGuinness, a local commander of the

Wednesday 12th March 2025
Written Evidence - NI Veterans Commissioner's Office
LPNI0011 - The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland

The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: . ● A republican code of conduct that the late Martin McGuinness said members of the IRA would not break

Wednesday 26th February 2025
Written Evidence - Syracuse University, and Canterbury Christ Church University
LPNI0022 - The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland

The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: According to Lord Caine, First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness asked

Tuesday 18th February 2025
Written Evidence - King's College London
IPC0109 - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: government’s chief negotiator in Northern Ireland, recounted that Sinn Fein’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness

Wednesday 15th May 2024
Oral Evidence - House of Commons, House of Commons, and Northern Ireland Office

The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent - Constitution Committee

Found: Over a number of years, I found a way of working with Martin McGuinness, even though we did not agree

Tuesday 20th February 2024
Oral Evidence - Alex Salmond

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: The Northern Irish Executive was coming out of abeyance at that time, and Dr Paisley and Martin McGuinness

Monday 18th December 2023
Written Evidence - King's College London, University of Queensland, Australian National University - Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute for Palestine Studies, University of Sydney, University of New England, University of the Sunshine Coast, and University of Tasmania - Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)
MENA0070 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: recent elections in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.78 Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness

Monday 4th December 2023
Report - First Report - The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: surrounding the Renewable Heat Incentive (“RHI”) subsidy scheme, the then Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness

Wednesday 6th September 2023
Oral Evidence - Colum Eastwood MP, Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: the First Minister’s office, trying to run the place, and then turn on the TV and there were Martin McGuinness

Wednesday 5th July 2023
Oral Evidence - Doug Beattie MLA, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: John Hume, David Trimble, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness are sadly no longer with us.

Wednesday 28th June 2023
Oral Evidence - Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson MP, Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: Union, the then First Minister, Arlene Foster, and the then Deputy First Minister, the late Martin McGuinness

Wednesday 7th June 2023
Oral Evidence - Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee DBE, PC, Former First Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Alderdice, Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Mark Durkan, Former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: response in the Chamber in the Assembly; that was then symbolised very powerfully when you saw Martin McGuinness



Parliamentary Research
The United Kingdom constitution - a mapping exercise - CBP-9384
Nov. 26 2024

Found: In 1999 the late Martin McGuinness, then a Sinn Féin MP, challenged the obligation to take the Parliamentary



Department Publications - Transparency
Tuesday 25th February 2025
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) Seventh Report
Document: (PDF)

Found: Executive Foreword of the then First Minister Arlene Foster, the then deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness

Tuesday 5th December 2023
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) Sixth Report
Document: Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) Sixth Report (PDF)

Found: Executive Foreword of the then First Minister Arlene Foster, the then deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 11th January 2024
Northern Ireland Office
Source Page: Legacy: The false claim of consensus regarding the Stormont House Agreement
Document: Legacy: The false claim of consensus regarding the Stormont House Agreement (webpage)

Found: Martin McGuinness, on behalf of Sinn Féin, vetoed efforts by the then Secretary of State to include substantive




Martin McGuinness mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Thursday 4th September 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Activities and communications of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government: FOI Review
Document: FOI 202500459058 - Information Released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: He briefly took on the duties of deputy First Minister in 2011 while Martin McGuinness ran in the 2011




Martin McGuinness mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Government Publications
Wednesday 22nd June 2016

Source Page: Written Statement - Twenty-sixth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Glasgow (22 June 2016)
Document: Written Statement - Twenty-sixth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Glasgow (22 June 2016) (webpage)

Found: Northern Ireland Executive First Minister, Mrs Arlene Foster MLA, and the deputy First Minister, Mr Martin McGuinness

Tuesday 23rd June 2015

Source Page: Written Statement - Twenty-fourth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Dublin (23 June 2015)
Document: Written Statement - Twenty-fourth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Dublin (23 June 2015) (webpage)

Found: Ireland Executive First Minister, the Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, and the deputy First Minister, Mr Martin McGuinness

Thursday 4th December 2014

Source Page: Written Statement - Twenty-third Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held on the Isle of Man (4 December 2014)
Document: Written Statement - Twenty-third Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held on the Isle of Man (4 December 2014) (webpage)

Found: Theresa Villiers MP, of the UK GovernmentNorthern Ireland Executive deputy First Minister, Mr Martin McGuinness

Wednesday 2nd July 2014

Source Page: Written Statement - Twenty-second Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Guernsey (2 July 2014)
Document: Written Statement - Twenty-second Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Guernsey (2 July 2014) (webpage)

Found: Ireland Executive First Minister, the Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, and the deputy First Minister, Mr Martin McGuinness

Monday 18th November 2013

Source Page: Written Statement - Twenty-first Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Jersey (18 November 2013)
Document: Written Statement - Twenty-first Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Jersey (18 November 2013) (webpage)

Found: Ireland Executive First Minister, the Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, and the deputy First Minister, Mr Martin McGuinness

Tuesday 25th June 2013

Source Page: Written Statement - Twentieth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Northern Ireland (25 June 2013)
Document: Written Statement - Twentieth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Northern Ireland (25 June 2013) (webpage)

Found: Ireland Executive First Minister, the Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, and the deputy First Minister, Mr Martin McGuinness

Friday 30th November 2012

Source Page: Written Statement - Nineteenth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Wales (30 November 2012)
Document: Written Statement - Nineteenth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council held in Wales (30 November 2012) (webpage)

Found: Martin McGuinness MP MLA, of the Northern Ireland Executive,Deputy First Minister, Ms.

Wednesday 27th June 2012

Source Page: Written Statement - Eighteenth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council (27 June 2012)
Document: Written Statement - Eighteenth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council (27 June 2012) (webpage)

Found: Martin McGuinness MP MLA of the Northern Ireland Executive,• Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst, of the

Thursday 19th January 2012

Source Page: Written Statement - Seventeenth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council (19 January 2012)
Document: Written Statement - Seventeenth Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council (19 January 2012) (webpage)

Found: Martin McGuinness MP MLA of the Northern Ireland Executive,First Minister, the Rt. Hon.

Monday 27th June 2011

Source Page: Written Statement - Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council (27 June 2011)
Document: Written Statement - Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council (27 June 2011) (webpage)

Found: Martin McGuinness MP MLA of the Northern Ireland Executive,First Minister, Mr Alex Salmond MSP of the



Welsh Senedd Debates
1. Motion of condolence and tributes to Her Majesty The Queen

Sunday 11th September 2022
Mentions:
1: Jenny Rathbone (Welsh Labour - Cardiff Central) referred to, and, importantly, also made that symbolic handshake as a symbol of reconciliation with Martin McGuinness - Link to Speech