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Reg Empey

Member of the House of Lords · Ulster Unionist Party

Transcripts of what Reg Empey said in Parliament, sitting by sitting. Only speeches whose speaker is confirmed are shown.

16 sittings with a confirmed speech

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  1. House of Lords · House of Lords · 8 September 2026

    • Armed Forces Bill: reservist employers, unpaid training leave and protections

      “Just a brief point. Lord Harlech mentioned the training issues and I have raised this with the minister and will come back to it in another issue. But dealing with the employment issues, we have discussed the issue of people…”
      Watch from 3:21:57

    • Visiting Forces Act: jurisdiction over US personnel and victims’ rights

      “So I'm pleased to add my name to the suite of amendments. It covers a broad area. If we could start with 48. I'm sure any of us who have served as ministers or council leaders will have appointed loads…”
      Watch from 6:23:53

  2. Justice and Home Affairs Committee · House of Lords · 8 September 2026

    • Jury secrecy, therapeutic exceptions and managing dysfunctional juries

      “Good morning. Jurors are currently prevented from discussing the nature of jury deliberations. Would you recommend a therapeutic or research exemption to rules around jury secrecy and if so, why?”
      Watch from 38:12

    • Jury secrecy, therapeutic exceptions and managing dysfunctional juries

      “I'm just conscious of a recent case in the United States where they, the whole everything's completely different and I would have to say I wouldn't want us to go down that direction, but I'm just saying it is a…”
      Watch from 40:39

    • Jury deliberations, therapeutic exception and comparative practice

      “Lord Hampy. Good afternoon, thank you for appearing. Jurors are currently prevented from discussing the nature of jury deliberations. Would you recommend a therapeutic or research exemption to rules around jury secrecy and if so why? Kama can I ask…”
      Watch from 1:36:45

  3. House of Lords · House of Lords · 7 September 2026

    • FSM Bill: Northern Ireland insurance market and claims management firms

      “My Lords, taking up Lord Weir's last point about the Prime Minister and his recent visits and tours of the UK, he has emphasized the primary focus of government is to help people with the cost of living. Because our…”
      Watch from 5:53:11

  4. House of Lords · House of Lords · 2 September 2026

    • Backbench questions on growth, devolution and welfare reform

      “My Lords, the Prime Minister was on a tour of the United Kingdom in recent weeks, and I welcome that. And he recently visited Northern Ireland and he referred to a border poll, he referred to the Troubles Bill, but…”
      Watch from 3:31:03

    • Critiques of Windsor alignment, internal market and SPS law

      “My lords perfectly obviously this is dynamic alignment in in practice. But turning to the actual minutiae I'm looking forward to the minister's pronunciation of the various microorganisms that are dealt with in this particular thing and I'm sure she'll…”
      Watch from 4:23:05

  5. Justice and Home Affairs Committee · House of Lords · 2 September 2026

    • Responsibility of the state and impact of court estate

      “Good morning to both of you. Where does responsibility lie for ensuring the wellbeing of jurors? Is it at the individual or state level and where should it be at? I know that you've made remarks in your written evidence…”
      Watch from 58:31

    • Responsibility of the state and impact of court estate

      “You also made comments earlier about the physical surroundings of the courts themselves where the juries are physically located. But we know that a lot of court buildings are falling to pieces and the facilities are very unsatisfactory to put…”
      Watch from 1:00:24

    • Employer culture, staff training gaps and courtroom messaging

      “Just one last point, did I pick you up correctly earlier, you mentioned things, simple things the jury are subjected to like notices that they felt were negative? I mean, is that commonplace and presumably the message can be got…”
      Watch from 1:20:51

  6. House of Lords · House of Lords · 20 July 2026

    • Lord Empey: call to reset EU–UK arrangements

      “My Lords, the Minister correctly points out that after almost 20 years, it is time for regulations to be updated to take account of technological and other developments, so nobody has an argument with that. However, the points that have…”
      Watch from 5:45:46

    • Post‑Brexit settlement: economic burden on NI businesses

      “So, I would ask the Minister to take back to his department the view that Government PLC in terms of resetting our arrangements with the EU, this needs to be reset within the United Kingdom because we're neither fish nor…”
      Watch from 5:50:35

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