The Lord Empey Kt OBE
Ulster Unionist Party
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Empey's full title is The Lord Empey Kt OBE. His name is Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
117 Content(72.2%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
40 didn't vote(24.7%)
2026-06-09
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13–66
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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26–134
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193–143
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194–140
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198–139
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214–142
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201–169
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194–130
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, has conducted a forensic examination of many parts of the Bill, to which I am sure we will return at a later stage.
I shall commence by referring to Amendment 78 from the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe. I agree ent
In the Minister’s response to my Amendment 67, he responded to a point that I had not made. I had not asked for domestic slots to replace international slots. Mine is a probing amendment, but it is a very simple proposition: in extremis, does the Secreta
My Lords, I instinctively agree with a lot of what the noble Lord, Lord Grayling, has said but there are situations in extremis that could arise regarding access to hub airports, which is a critical—not only socially but economically—necessity. It has no
My Lords, there are some positive amendments in this group. Amendments 60 and 61 are trying to get to the same place. If there are new arrangements for the management of airspace, that is code for motorways in the sky. But it also means that if there are
I thank the Minister for his response on Amendment 41 regarding drop-off charges. I understand the argument that an airport operator can manage its own property, but we have to distinguish between parking and dropping off. The dropping-off charge is almo
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 41. The question of responsibility for drop-off charges was mentioned in closing by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan. This has become a new and evolving tax in the last few years and it is quite substantial. Edinburgh Airpo
My Lords, as this is an immigration-related Question, I take the opportunity to say that I am sure the whole House agrees with me in wishing Mr Stephen Ogilvie, the person who suffered the knife attack in Belfast the other day, well in recovery, as he su
2026-06-04
Military in the Gulf
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to locate a permanent military presence in the Gulf to protect allies and ensure international freedom of navigation.
2026-06-04
Military in the Gulf
I join the Minister in expressing condolences to the families of the service personnel who have been killed in recent accidents. It draws the attention of the whole House to the risks that our service personnel run every single day of their lives.
Is
My Lords, like many Members, I declare an interest as a member of the General Aviation APPG and as an honorary vice-president of the Union of Pilots, Engineers & Cabin Crew.
I want to talk about slots, but before getting to that point, I will say
2026-05-21
Youth Offending
My Lords, does the Minister have any plans to amend the minimum age of criminal responsibility?
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich on her maiden speech. It is also the end of an era, with the departure from our Benches of the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield, who is a legend in his ow
2026-04-15
Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2026
My Lords, the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, as the Minister mentioned, has looked at this and suggested that the House may wish to seek assurances from the Minister regarding the use of exemptions. In the House of Commons Delegated Legislatio
My Lords, will the Minister tell the House what discussions she has had with our universities and colleges of further education to assess what changes they are making in the curriculum that they are offering to students and the nature of those? There is
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, last Friday we were talking about communication difficulties, whether through hearing, language or something else. In that context, the noble Lord, Lord Rook, has done us a service by proposing his amendments to make it simple and clear. The re
Before the noble Baroness sits down, I ask for clarification on one point, and if she does not have it right now, perhaps she could write and put it in the Library. There are two parallel processes here. There is the EU reset and there are the specific c
My Lords, I speak in the gap. I was a member of the committee when this report was written. I wanted to be here to support it and suggest that it should be read, particularly by those who perhaps have only a peripheral knowledge of Northern Ireland. We w
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am delighted to hear that, but I can assure the noble Baroness that it is not a universal situation. As I was saying, 1.7 million Londoners do not have English as their first language and 300,000 do not have English at all—that is equivalent to a sign
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am delighted to hear that, but I am also very aware of the pressures on an NHS hospital—perhaps not in London but in other places—where the staff are run off their feet day and night. We are imposing—
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I think everybody must have been affected by the comments from the noble Baroness, Lady Nicholson. She made very sobering revelations about her experience, which is very broad and much to be admired.
This group of amendments brings into shar
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, we have heard talk in this debate about respecting the devolution settlement. No, we do not. It is not that long ago, for instance, that the Northern Ireland Assembly voted against abortion but got abortion, and everybody on both Front Benches
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I think it is important to look at this not just from an Irish point of view; we have to look at the big picture. It is clear that there are different pieces of legislation that govern this area, and reference has been made to other pieces of l
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
In the modern NHS—not the NHS of five, 10 or 20 years ago—a patient can be in the back of an ambulance for hours outside the hospital, and then be put in a corridor before they get to a ward; and they might see a consultant on the ward round only once or
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I thank the noble and learned Lord for his explanation. However, I said that it was a probing amendment. Other clauses are also extended to Northern Ireland, not simply Clause 37. Because it was just probing, I reserve the right to reflect on that and pe
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I want to deal with probing Amendments 887A and 888A, in my name. Throughout the process there has been a potential clash between what decisions might be made here and what decisions might be made in the devolved nations. In the other place, a
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Register of Interests · 3 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Knockvale Estates Ltd (buys/sells/rents property)
registered 2011-01-25 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Apartment in Belfast BT4 from which rental income is received
registered 2011-01-25 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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As a member of the All-Parliamentary Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces, the member receives invitations to breakfast and dinner briefings which during the course of the calendar year together amount to more than £300 in value and all of which are paid for by sources listed in the register of APPGs
registered 2019-02-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2011-01-21 → present
Ulster Unionist Party
current
2011-01-15 → 2011-01-20
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2012-05-29 → 2013-02-28
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee
2013-11-12 → 2014-03-31
Personal Service Companies
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-25
Extradition Law
2015-06-08 → 2016-08-31
Information Committee (Lords)
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-25
Financial Exclusion Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-04
Bribery Act 2010 Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-23
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
2021-01-28 → 2021-11-16
Youth Unemployment Committee
2021-04-14 → 2024-05-30
Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
2025-01-30 → 2026-01-27
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
2026-06-22 → present
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
empeyr@parliament.uk
020 7219 8482 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8482 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 4 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 4 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
7 bills
7 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-27 | |
| Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-23 | |
| Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-26 | |
| Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-05-23 | |
| Airports Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Order of Commitment discharged | 2015-05-28 | |
| Airports (Amendment) Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-05-14 |
| Airports (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2011-12-07 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.