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
Daily attendance allowance
£7,420
20 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£1,975
Travel claims
£1,549
Attendance £1,549
Total claimed
£10,944
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
134 Content(70.9%)
6 Not-Content(3.2%)
49 didn't vote(25.9%)
2026-09-08
Content
26–63
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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41–118
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-06-09
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13–66
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
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2026-03-12
Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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2026-01-05
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132–124
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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
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
I am pleased to add my name to this suite of amendments that cover a broad area. On Amendment 48, I am sure that any of us who have served as Ministers or council leaders will have appointed loads of people to different bodies over the years. One thing I
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I will make just a brief point. The noble Lord, Lord Harlech, mentioned the training issues. I have raised these with the Minister and will come back to them.
In dealing with the employment issues, we have discussed people being released, bu
2026-09-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, taking up the last point from the noble Lord, Lord Weir, the Prime Minister, on his recent visits and tour of the UK, has emphasised that the primary focus of the Government is to help people with the cost of living. Because our population in N
My Lords, perfectly obviously, this is dynamic alignment in practice. Turning to the minutiae, I look forward to the Minister’s pronunciation of the various micro-organisms dealt with in this SI, and I am sure she will rise to the occasion.
There is a
2026-09-02
Direction of Government
My Lords, the Prime Minister was on a tour of the United Kingdom in recent weeks, and I welcome that. He recently visited Northern Ireland and referred to a border poll and to the Troubles Bill. However, the one thing that was not mentioned was the inter
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. Nobody has an argument with that. However, the points that have been made by the nobl
My Lords, I thought we were going to end on a positive note, but the departure gate gag has probably set us back quite a bit this afternoon.
I thank the Minister for his engagement and also thank the Bill team and the Public Bill Office. On Report, he
2026-07-16
Future Capability of the Armed Forces
My Lords, I join with the noble Lord, Lord Swire, in welcoming the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, has been recycled; the value of that is before us this afternoon. We have talked repeatedly about percentages of GDP to be spent on defence. I do n
It is not moved but it has not gone away.
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grayling, for his amendments, some of which are entirely complementary to what I want to achieve. I have been battling on this for a long number of years. I fully understand the point made by the noble Baroness, Lad
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the offer of a meeting with the CAA. I see from her head, which is about to nod off her shoulders, that the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, agrees that this is a good idea, so I thank the Minister for that. It is a helpfu
My Lords, we discussed this in Committee. It affects all of us who use aircraft on a regular basis—and, more importantly, those who fly and crew them, who live in a capsule with artificially filtered and pressurised air. Over the years, we have had examp
Before the Minister sits down, he used the phrase competition, but is it not the case that, in the vast majority of cases, we are talking about monopolies? There is nobody to compete with because you have no choice. If you want to go to Heathrow, yes you
My Lords, in support of the arguments advanced by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, we discussed this in Committee among those of us who regularly use airports. As I recall, this phenomenon of airport drop-off charges started off at £1 not that long ago—in fa
Can I get some clarification on the Minister’s point about Amendment 46? Let us assume that, at this point in time, regional connectivity is adequate, which I believe it is. Therefore, I am not suggesting that existing slots be removed from an existing a
2026-07-08
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
My Lords, my Amendment 45 arises from an exchange in the other place last week with the Minister, Sir Chris Bryant. Members will be aware that Northern Ireland’s situation is different in so far as, for goods, it is covered by the Windsor Framework. Ther
My Lords, it is a pleasure to be in the Chamber discussing a piece of legislation on a Friday morning; it is a bit of a change from the atmosphere of the Colosseum that we have been used to on Friday mornings this year. Nevertheless, the noble Baroness,
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
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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
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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
Showing
30
of 30 tabled
30 answered(100.0%)
8
departments
2026-09-14
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Data Centres
Answered
2026-09-07
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Answered
2026-07-15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gibraltar: Immigration Controls
Answered
2026-07-02
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Asylum: Housing
Answered
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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.