Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

The Rev. Dr the Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

Democratic Unionist Party
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Member since 18 June 2018

Recent Debate Contributions

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Employment Rights Bill

15/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, I want to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Grey- Thompson, for introducing this amendment. I also want to thank the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, f...
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My Lords, I rise to express my strong opposition to the Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025, which I believe constitute a profound assault upon N...
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My Lords, if such a review were to take place, would the Minister and the Government reaffirm that exercising the freedom to stand silently praying in...
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My Lords, as a former Member of the other place for 25 years, I was not only a target for IRA murder gangs but actual attempts were made on my life an...
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My Lords, in Northern Ireland, the practice is that funerals are held three days after death. Does the Minister think that anything can be learned fro...
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There are 300 areas of law that apply to people in Northern Ireland over which no elected representative, either here or in the Northern Ireland Assem...
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My Lords, I speak in support of the amendment in the names of my noble friends Lady Hoey and Lord Morrow, having similarly been in receipt of represen...
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My Lords, the real backcloth to this debate is that 58% of all murders were perpetrated by republicans and 29.2%, we are told, were carried out by loy...
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Clonoe Inquest

12/02/2025Lords

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My Lords, I represented this area for 14 years in the other place. On 16 February 1992, four IRA terrorists in a lorry with a mounted heavy machine gu...
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Terrorism: Glorification

30/01/2025Lords

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My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Foster for securing this debate asking His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to deal with the glo...
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Like my colleagues, I support the regret amendment put down by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. I preface my remarks by thanking the Minister for the gr...
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