14:35 Dodds welcomes NI Select Committee in Lords Lord Dodds of Duncairn has welcomed the House of Lords approval today for the creation of a new Northern Ireland Select Committee to scrutinise EU legislation affecting Northern Ireland.
12:11 Wilson - Refocus Policing Efforts on Tackling Real Crime DUP East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has urged the Government to unpick legislation by previous governments which has led to the police focusing on non-criminal offence investigations rather than tackling real crime. Mr Wilson was speaking in the House of Commons during a Home Office statement on police reform.
20 Nov, 2024 DUP Leader pays tribute to Ken Reid DUP Leader Rt. Hon. Gavin Robinson MP has expressed his sympathies to the family of former UTV Political Editor Ken Reid who passed away today.
20 Nov, 2024 Northern Ireland hosts UK Education Ministers’ Council meeting Northern Ireland has hosted the fifth UK Education Ministers’ Council (EMC) meeting.
20 Nov, 2024 Gavin Robinson: Building Common Ground DUP Leader Gavin Robinson MP was a guest speaker at an event hosted in Westminster by the John & Pat Hume Foundation titled “Building Common Ground”.
20 Nov, 2024 Antisemitic graffiti remains on hospital wall for 6 months DUP Leader Gavin Robinson has expressed disappointment that antisemitic graffiti remains on a wall of the Royal Victoria Hospital on the Falls Road for up to six months, and more than five months after an official complaint was lodged with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust requesting its removal.
20 Nov, 2024 Inspection report a testament to commitment of prison staff – Bunting DUP MLA Joanne Bunting has welcomed the news that Hydebank Wood prison facility in Belfast has been given top ratings in independent inspections.
19 Nov, 2024 Lyons announces one-off fuel support payment of £100 for pensioners Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced his plan for the allocation of £17million from the Executive to mitigate the impact of changes to the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP). The funds, allocated following the October monitoring fund, will be used to provide a one-off fuel support payment of £100 to pensioners no longer eligible for WFP.
19 Nov, 2024 Government must listen to farming families - DUP DUP Leader Gavin Robinson MP has called on the Chancellor to urgently reconsider the decision made in the Budget to change inheritance tax on farms. Joined by DUP Westminster Spokesperson Carla Lockhart MP and other DUP MPs and Peers, Mr Robinson attended a large protest in Whitehall today to show support for farmers who had gathered from across the UK.