House of Lords

Letters to editor

Letter: Minister has assured me NI will benefit from increased defence spending

Baroness Hoey has questioned the government on the impact of the Windsor Framework on a landmark legal ruling on the definition of a woman.

Ministers to 'look carefully' at Windsor Framework impact on sex ruling

MPs, Peers and Disability join (front left-right) actress Liz Carr, Baroness Campbell and Dame Tanni Grey Thompson outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, to insist the voices of disabled concerned about assisted dying are considered. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny, before it is expected to return to the House of Commons for another vote by all MPs, possibly next month. Picture date: Monday March 24, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Disabled ‘face assisted dying coercion threat’

Lord Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, the grandson of Northern Ireland's First Prime Minister, James Craig, holding one of his grandfather's maquettes. The bronze bust now stands proudly in the Octagon Room of Brownlow House, Lurgan. Photo: Ancre Somme Association 2025. This photograph shows Viscount Craigavon holding one of his grandfather's maquettes. The bronze bust stands proudly in the Octagon Room of Brownlow House.

Grandson of NI's first Prime Minister praised for decisiveness

Jack Steele has objected to the ongoing influence of the EU in NI affairs

Unionist student 'optimistic' message about EU involvement in NI getting through

Humanists UK have paid tribute to Viscount Craigavon, Janric Fraser Craig, the grandson of former UUP leader James Craig, who has passed away at 80 years of age.

Humanists UK pay tribute to champion of athiest and humanist values

Viscount Craigavon, Janric Craig, grandson of the First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Grandson of first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland dies

Morning View

Editorial: A fresh u-turn is needed by the government, this time on employment

Baroness Foster says new UK employment laws would damage economic growth and productivity.

Baroness Foster says new employment rights laws would 'unsettle' the UK economy

Lord Rogan (left) with former Coleraine Football Club Chairman Colin McKendry during a visit to The Showgrounds

Senior peer backs Coleraine Football Club’s ground funding bid

Lord Rogan

Political opinion: Lord Rogan: Republic of Ireland must pay fair share of Europe...

DUP MLA Brian Kingston says "hiding behind anonymity undermines trust in the democratic process".

DUP says councillor anonymity ruling sets a ‘dangerous precedent’

Morning View

Editorial: Peers rightly point to role of ECHR in imbalance in legacy probes

Hilary Benn in the House of Commons on Tuesday during questions about the Clonoe ambush. Once again he in effect cited unionist support for the course that he has taken by citing their joint stand with Sinn Fein against the Legacy Act

Ben Lowry: Benn witnessed anger at SAS ruling yet he wants more such inquests

The NI Scrutiny Committee is the only one in Parliament that is scrutinising EU legislation applying in Northern Ireland, as the House of Commons scrapped their version of it in the new Parliament

Letter: NI Scrutiny Committee has many problems to face

On February 24 the UK government will begin to apply new aspects of the EU Irish Sea border on goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain

Jim Allister: Mutual enforcement protects integrity of UK and EU single markets
News Letter readers may well recall my article of January 14 in which I explained why I would force a vote on the Official Control Amendment Regulations later that day.
Jim Allister

Lord Rogan

Ulster Unionist peer wins ministerial pledge over use of e-scooters in NI

Lord Rogan

Senior Ulster Unionist challenges Prime Minister on rural crime

Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee has warned about the impact on Northern Ireland's agriculture sector - and UK food security - from the government's so-called 'farm tax'.

Baroness Foster says farm tax will ‘cut at fabric of rural Ulster’

The cost to the Ministry of Defence of surveillance operations to protect undersea cables serving the British Isles - and what proportion the Irish government had contributed - was queried.

Letter: Who’s paying to protect cables in Irish waters?

2) The Nothing programme has also see creative interventions and performances across the city over the last month, inviting passers-by to pause and think about Nothing.

‘Nothing’ project to conclude in Senate Chamber, Stormont

Lord Rogan

UUP peer questions Republic of Ireland’s role in protecting undersea cables

Lord Dodds

Unionists condemn 'pet passports' in House of Lords debate

IEF Campaign Chair David Montgomery.

Integrated Education Celebrated at the House of Lords, Westminster

Lord Dodds of Duncairn

New body brought into being to pore over the Northern Ireland Protocol

Baroness Kate Hoey has warned all democrats about an upcoming Assembly vote on the Protocol.

No self respecting democrat should validate Protocol vote - Baroness Hoey

Baroness Kate Hoey speaks during a anti-Northern Ireland Protocol rally in Ballymena County Antrim. Picture date: Saturday April 30, 2022

Stormont to hold ‘most controversial vote in its history’, says Baroness Hoey
Stormont is set to hold "the most controversial" and "the most consequential" vote in its 103-year history later this year, according to a veteran Northern Irish politician.
By Abbie Llewelyn, PA political staff

Lord Frost

New product safety bill will see Labour revive EU alignment Lord Frost warns

Lord Elliott has held a number of senior positions in the Royal Black Institution and is currently an assistant sovereign grand master. Pic: John McVitty

Peerage would never have crossed my mind when I was growing up

Ulster Unionist Party peer Lord Dennis Rogan has queried 'preferential treatment' given to the Pat Finucane murder.

Ulster Unionist peer questions 'preferential treatment' over Finucane probe

Tom Elliott taking the oath of office in the Lords

Tom Elliott 'honoured' as he takes up seat in House of Lords

Former First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster at the 2023 Tory Party conference

Arlene Foster suggests MPs should be paid more

The first past the post electoral system has its disparities but has delivered strong, stable government more often than not, writes R G McDowell

Letter: Caution over changing the electoral system

Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament as MPs debated a previous Assisted Dying Bill in 2015. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Emotive subject of assisted dying back on agenda in House of Lords

Lord Rogan

UUP peer seeks addition resources for PSNI to protect border security

Tom Elliott will be known as Baron Elliott of Ballinamallard in the House of Lords. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker

Tom Elliott will be known as Baron Elliott of Ballinamallard in the Lords

UUP MLA Tom Elliott looks set to leave the Assembly after becoming a life peer.

Tom Elliott elevated to House of Lords

Glengormley based Nesbitt’s Quality Meats has been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Butcher category of the prestigious Countryside Alliance Awards for Rural Enterprise at a distinguished ceremony held at the House of Lords in London. Pictured is Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, councillor Neil Kelly with Award recipients, Alastair, Philip and Sharon Bonar

Family-run Northern Ireland butchers triumphs at ‘Rural Oscars’ in London

Independent unionist Alex Easton is battling to win the North Down seat in next week’s election. Only Easton has the breadth of support to seriously challenge and unseat Stephen Farry, writes Lord Weir

Lord Weir: Only one unionist can beat Farry in North Down, and it’s Easton

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton Harris during their visit to Belfast yesterday on the General Election campaign trail. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Wilson: Tories have 'damaged NI irrevocably'

Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker

'Urgent action needed' as supply of veterinary medicines comes under threat

Letters to editor

Letter: The Orange Order is on the fence over the Irish Sea border

Steve Baker appeared before the House of Lords Windsor Framework Sub-Committee on Wednesday

Progress made on ‘at risk’ EU vet meds, Lords told

Lord Hay addressing the House of Lords on Tuesday night

Lord Hay tells Parliament that he backs DUP boss Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Lord Dodds (standing) addressing the House of Lords

Lord Dodds rubbishes assurances from the government on NI's place in the Union

Kate Hoey addressing the Lords this evening

Hoey suggests DUP leader is trying to 'cover up his u-turn in a puff of smoke'

The House of Lords today, just as the 'humble address' speech by Lord Caine was beginning

'No basis to suggest most people in Northern Ireland want Irish unity'

King Charles at the State Opening of Parliament, 2023, which was followed by a 'humble address'

What is the 'humble address' to King Charles on NI's place in the UK?

Amendment to 'Humble Address' tabled

A general image of pigs (Getty)

Kate Hoey laments live animal export bill 'will not apply to NI'

DUP peer Lord Dodds has said the government had no choice in whether or not it could introduce animal welfare legislation in NI - and it should be open and transparent that it cannot do that because of the Windsor Framework.

‘We are not sovereign’ – DUP's Dodds

The ‘Safeguarding the Union’ document was debated in the House of Lords last week. Several DUP peers voiced their dissatisfaction with reforms to the Windsor Framework

Letter: The DUP’s seven tests were ambitious but deliverable

Boris Johnson addresses a DUP conference before he proposed the idea of a border in the Irish Sea. 'Quite a proposal from a so-called pro Unionist Prime Minister!’, writes Lord Empey

Lord Empey: An alternative to our two years of mayhem was available

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris with copies of the ‘Safeguarding the Union’ document. The deal - which restored Stormont - has faced opposition within sections of the DUP.

DUP chairman claims public are being 'treated as fools'

Lord Rogan

Withdrawal of ‘lifeline’ lung cancer drug to be debated in House of Lords

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