The UUP's Basil McCrea and Sir Reg Empey both agreed that informed parental choice was important.
Fair enough, although the days when Reg Empey hoped to topple Peter Robinson are long over.
In his debut speech as minister, Danny Kennedy paid tribute to his predecessor Sir Reg Empey.
Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey said Northern Ireland had lost "a unique, charismatic and uncharacteristically spin-free politician".
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Ulster Unionist assembly member Sir Reg Empey described the move as "very positive".
Lord Empey of the UUP was unhappy that MLAs had only ten minutes each to speak in this important debate.
Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey called on those "who brokered the last loyalist feud" to help end the current dispute.
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Meanwhile, Economy Minister Reg Empey is seeking a meeting with the Northern Ireland security minister following the latest violence in east Belfast.
However, Ulster Unionist Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey refused to endorse the call by the two MPs for the party to withdraw.
Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey said he hoped the company would do all it could to attract more work to its Northern Ireland operation.
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Former enterprise minister Reg Empey described the proposal as "totally unacceptable".
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Before going in, Sir Reg Empey said his party would not make an immediate response to the proposals, but he warned against unnecessary changes to policing.
Former Ulster Unionist Party leader Lord Empey called on the government to pursue compensation from Libya for victims of "weapons supplied to the IRA by the Gaddafi regime".
Ulster Unionist peer Lord Empey said there was "widespread dismay" at the bail decision because "our own government and our own courts look powerless in our own country".
Earlier in the session, Ulster Unionist Party peer Lord Empey asked about the arrangements under which citizens of other EU member states have access to the UK benefits system.
In reply to a question from former UUP leader Sir Reg Empey, the minister said the details of the sale were well-advanced and it was due to complete early in the new year.
Economy minister Sir Reg Empey said he regretted the decision to lay off staff, but said the company must "take whatever action they see fit in response to current levels of work activity and market prospects".
But the plan would need the support of Economy Minister Sir Reg Empey and Regional Development Minister Peter Robinson to go ahead - partly because the company plans to raise money by selling off some its land.
Firstly, the resignation did not automatically lead to a collapse of the assembly as Mr Trimble nominated his party colleague and trade minister Sir Reg Empey to fulfil the administrative functions of the office of first minister.
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