Tom Elliott

Latest speeches

1. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee · House of Lords · 17 September 2026

   • Post‑Dillon way forward, dynamic alignment and reset

     “Thank you Lord Chair and thank you Gavin for the presentation and for coming to the committee. And I suppose mine's more about what may happen now and obviously in light of the Dillon judgment and cognizant of of what…”

     Watch from 40:01

2. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee · House of Lords · 17 September 2026

   • Public unease, ECHR debates and separation of powers

     “Lord Chair, thank you and thanks John for your attendance. I think you've answered part of the question, so I'm going to rephrase it slightly. In light of the Dillon judgment, how would you interpret and how would you recommend…”

     Watch from 30:27

   • SDLP assessment of Article 2, dedicated mechanism and public perceptions

     “Thank you, Lord Chair, and thank you, Matthew, for coming, good to hear from you. Just in light of the Dillon judgment, how do you think or what's required from the UK government and indeed the Northern Ireland Executive to…”

     Watch from 1:43:43

   • SDLP assessment of Article 2, dedicated mechanism and public perceptions

     “What the UK government needs to do, both His Majesty's government and Northern Ireland Executive.”

     Watch from 1:46:19
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3. House of Lords · House of Lords · 15 September 2026

   • Batteries (Northern Ireland) Regulations – Windsor Framework and union concerns

     “My Lords I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate and it's very welcome to follow Baroness Chapman who made some very interesting points, some of which I don't agree with to be fair but that's politics. But it…”

     Watch from 4:50:34

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

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

     “My Lords, just a few brief comments on this group of amendments. But firstly, before I do, I want to pay tribute and thank the noble Lord, the Minister, Minister Coaker, for his attendance at the most westerly constituency of…”

     Watch from 4:28:22

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

   • Accountability, local government burdens and covenant review

     “My Lords, just a few brief comments on this group of amendments and I'm quite attracted and interested in them because the noble Lord indicated that it all amounted to accountability. And to me it's more about consistency because throughout…”

     Watch from 2:01:16

   • Accountability, local government burdens and covenant review

     “I thank the Minister. Would he accept though that it's always good to have it in the legislation and in there, but it doesn't always be reflective in what actually takes place on the ground? And that's what I'm trying…”

     Watch from 2:12:43

   • Critiques of Windsor alignment, internal market and SPS law

     “My Lords, firstly an apology to this House and to Lord Frost; I missed the first minute of his introduction, so apologies for that. But since the introduction of the Protocol and the Windsor Framework, we have witnessed, but I…”

     Watch from 4:35:25

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

   • Support for Hoey amendment: NI–GB divergence and UKNI marking

     “My Lords, thank you for the opportunity, and I welcome the opportunity to partake in this debate, and I thank the Minister actually for the detail that he has provided. And I don't necessarily just blame the current government for…”

     Watch from 5:57:23

   • Further NI business concerns: impact, support package and divergence

     “Because what I have found on the ground, and we have to talk to the people on the ground, they're the important ones. Those people have found it extremely difficult to find their way through this bureaucratic burden. So I…”

     Watch from 6:00:02