14:57 Questions remain over SF’s millions Lagan Valley DUP MLA Emma Little Pengelly has said greater focus needs to come on the influence of money from outside Northern Ireland over our local elections given the millions being raised by Sinn Fein around the world.
14:37 Three years on, NDNA commitments not being fulfilled – Lockhart Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that the Government must act upon their commitments made in New Decade, New Approach, with over three years having passed since the Agreement was made in January 2020.
27 Jan, 2023 Sir Jeffrey – “don’t make the same mistake twice” DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has told party members and supporters in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, that the DUP’s strategy has been vindicated and people in London, Dublin and Brussels now recognise that the sacrifice of consensus politics on the altar of the Protocol was a mistake.
26 Jan, 2023 Impact of policing cuts must be grasped DUP East Londonderry MLA and Policing Board member Maurice Bradley has said members of the Policing board Resources Committee received a stark presentation highlighting the crisis facing the force in the current financial year.
26 Jan, 2023 PSNI budget crisis threatens to embolden those engaged in criminality The DUP’s lead Policing Board representative Trevor Clarke has warned that the deepening budgetary crisis within policing in Northern Ireland threatens to embolden offending and reduce protections for victims.
26 Jan, 2023 Brett – “Has Dublin crime gang money been used in NI elections?” DUP North Belfast MLA Phillip Brett has challenged Michelle O’Neill to make a statement about the influence of Dublin gangs over Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland.
25 Jan, 2023 Medicines ‘cliff-edge’ looming due to Protocol DUP Peer Nigel Dodds has highlighted the looming ‘cliff-edge’ if there is not a resolution on medicine supply to Northern Ireland which is threatened because of the requirement for Northern Ireland to follow EU rules as a result of the Protocol.
25 Jan, 2023 Commissioner questioned over Sinn Fein secret salaries South Down MLA Diane Forsythe has challenged the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on the interpretation of rules which cloak the salary of Sinn Fein MPs in secrecy.
25 Jan, 2023 Prime Minister challenged on ensuring religious freedom DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has challenged the Prime Minister in the House of Commons to review our laws and ensure that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are beacons of religious freedom across the world.
24 Jan, 2023 Buffer zone advocates ‘criminalising silent prayer’ – Lockhart Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart today hosted Isabel Vaughan-Spruce on a visit to Parliament. Isabel was arrested for silently praying near an abortion facility in Birmingham and subsequently searched, arrested and charged for breaking a Public Space Protection Order censorship zone (or “buffer zone”) four times.