The Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
Independent Ulster Unionist
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Maginnis of Drumglass's full title is The Lord Maginnis of Drumglass. His name is Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, and he is currently suspended from the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
I thank noble Lords. I want to make it clear at the outset that I, the father of four and the grandfather of seven, am in principle totally opposed to abortion, except in absolute emergency terms to save a mother’s life. I am appalled by some assertions
2020-01-16
Northern Ireland Executive Formation
My Lords, I do not disagree with anything that has been said about the agreement and I am pleased to see a working Assembly once again. However, it concerns me as someone who was involved in the Belfast agreement that we appear to have had an inefficient
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Caine. I knew him first when he was at the Northern Ireland office in Washington, and he was most helpful to me in my early days as a Member of Parliament.
I am grateful to be able to intervene in the ga
2019-07-15
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
I am the father of four children and the grandfather of seven and I know the value of human life in terms of babies in the womb. I cannot imagine that the noble Baroness can neglect that particular aspect of life. Can she explain that to me?
2019-07-15
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Having worked in Northern Ireland, he will realise that 90 miles takes you from one side to the other. It is a comparatively small place. If we are to have a medical school, what on earth has happened to th
2019-07-10
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
Who were they?
2019-07-10
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
I am grateful and will try not to delay the Minister’s response. He talked about five facilitators. Were those Northern Ireland civil servants?
2019-07-10
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, who spoke to us with a degree of hope.
I am afraid that when I looked at the Second Reading of this Bill, which came to us from the Commons on Monday, I was less than impressed, because I could not see anythi
2019-04-29
Northern Ireland Update
I apologise but, after all these years, noble Lords will understand my deep concern. When will the Secretary of State have the courage to consult those of us who were involved in the 1998 Belfast agreement? We are boycotted, are we not? What improvement
2019-04-29
Northern Ireland Update
My Lords—
I apologise for interrupting the Minister again, but will not his solution lead to a divide-and-conquer situation? Do we have any idea of how many individuals will require to give evidence, what the length of time will be and whether that will again be m
I apologise for interrupting the Minister. In reference to the mistake he just alluded to, would I be right in saying that this was not a mistake but a tactic which emanates from the Northern Ireland Office and which, despite the good offices of the nobl
My Lords, I would be more than happy to be a signatory to the amendments, and I am particularly pleased that two of my Belfast-based colleagues are responsible for tabling them. Someone like me—representing, as I did for many years in the other place, th
My Lords, very much along the lines of the previous speakers who have addressed this issue, I will start with a word or two about rates. The inequity is that domestic rates have yet again risen by 4.8%, whereas commercial rates have risen by 1.8%. While
My Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Bruce. It would be absolutely ridiculous if the amendment which has previously been accepted were to supersede this particular case of sexual abuse of young people, which predates to a large exten
My Lords, as someone who contributed actively to the creation of the Belfast agreement in 1998, it is galling to find myself standing here today endeavouring to find the slightest merit in this belated effort to compensate for the failure of the Northern
2018-09-05
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, for raising the legacy issue but somewhat frustrated by the time limit. This issue should long ago have been raised by the Government, who have recently lumbered us with a succession of Secretaries
2018-07-11
Schools: Exclusion of Disabled Children
My Lords, I declare my professional interest in this particular matter—when they hear what I have to say, some may even say my professional prejudice—in so far as the last figures that I have been given show that our primary schools are 80% staffed by on
2018-05-23
Northern Ireland: Devolved Institutions
Are there not people in this Chamber who negotiated the Belfast agreement who could assist? Are there not some who served as chairmen in the Assembly? It is important that we face up to reality.
2018-05-23
Northern Ireland: Devolved Institutions
My Lords, when will the Government recognise that Taoiseach Varadkar is in cahoots with Sinn Féin and encouraging it not to come together to let the Assembly work, and that a main architect of the Brexit negotiations, Mr Tusk, is briefed by an Irish repu
Before the Minister sits down, I draw his attention to one thing that he and the noble Lord, Lord Murphy, said: perhaps it would be a good idea to have a second-generation George Mitchell. We do not want another George Mitchell. Much as we loved him, muc
My Lords, I have to admit that when I first looked at these Bills, I did not find myself being particularly enthusiastic. I thank our Front-Bench spokesmen and the new Secretary of State for at least endeavouring to meet to discuss the problems that I en
2018-03-13
Northern Ireland Finances
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement, and particularly grateful for the hands-on methodology that he has adopted since he became Northern Ireland spokesman in this House. It is refreshing.
I have two issues. Is the Secre
2018-03-13
Child Sexual Exploitation: Grooming Gangs
My Lords, I believe many people will be grateful to the Minister for clarifying that point, but is there not a contradiction in our own society, where we fail? I ask about a questionnaire sent out by Brighton and Hove City Council, asking children as you
My Lords, like the almost 100 noble Lords who have sought to intervene in this debate, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for his efforts to apply some degree of logic to the problem of this House being allegedly 35%—some might even say 60%—too
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The member was suspended from the service of the House on 7 December 2020 for at least 18 months and until the Conduct Committee confirms that he has satisfactorily completed the other requirements of the sanction
registered 2020-12-08
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Party history
2013-07-12 → present
Independent Ulster Unionist
current
2012-10-31 → 2013-07-11
Non-affiliated
2009-10-01 → 2012-10-30
Ulster Unionist Party
2001-07-20 → 2009-09-30
Crossbench
1983-06-09 → 2001-06-07
Ulster Unionist Party
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1983-06-09 → 1985-12-17
Defence Committee
1994-11-16 → 1997-03-21
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2003-07-11 → 2003-11-28
Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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