29 Nov, 2024 Vote a disappointing step towards monumental change: Lockhart Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said the vote in Parliament on the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill is a disappointing step towards a monumental change in how we value life.
28 Nov, 2024 Givan announces £1.2m Pre-School Support Fund for children with special educational needs Education Minister Paul Givan has announced a £1.2million Pre-School Education Inclusion Support Fund to support young children with special educational needs (SEN). The pilot Fund will provide resourcing to pre-school education settings with at least one child undergoing statutory assessment of their educational needs. Settings will receive a payment of £750 per month, per class to help them meet the needs of children with SEN.
28 Nov, 2024 We should protect life: Lockhart Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that the focus of our National Health Service must be to protect life. She was speaking ahead of the debate in Parliament on assisted dying on Friday.
27 Nov, 2024 Relevant decision makers must be held accountable for hospital fiasco - Dodds DUP Health spokesperson and Upper Bann MLA Diane Dodds has welcomed the decision of the Belfast Trust and the Department of Health to come and brief the Health Committee next week about the new Maternity Hospital.
27 Nov, 2024 Robinson challenges Prime Minister DUP Leader Gavin Robinson MP and Party colleagues Carla Lockhart MP and Gregory Campbell MP have met with the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer MP today in his Westminster office.
26 Nov, 2024 Time for Belfast Trust to take responsibility for hospital omnishambles– Dodds DUP Health Spokesperson, Diane Dodds, has welcomed support from the majority of MLAs calling for the Health Minister Mike Nesbitt to launch a full, independent inquiry into the new regional maternity and children’s hospital.
26 Nov, 2024 ‘No Dignity in Lying’: Carla Lockhart Writing in today's News Letter, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart said,
26 Nov, 2024 Full independent inquiry needed into hospital scandal – Dodds DUP Health Spokesperson, Diane Dodds, will bring a motion to the NI Assembly today, calling on the Health Minister to instigate a full independent inquiry into the management of the new regional maternity and children's hospital project.
25 Nov, 2024 A Life-Saving Investment: Defibrillators to be provided to all schools in Northern Ireland. Education Minister Paul Givan has today announced a significant new initiative to fund and roll out Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to all schools in Northern Ireland.