03 Feb, 2023 Need for progress on Dáithí's Law is vital DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Health Spokesperson Paul Givan met wtith Dáithí MacGabhann and his father Màirtín this morning to discuss issues facing the progression of Daithi’s Law.
03 Feb, 2023 Sir Jeffrey - "Protocol must be replaced with arrangements that unionists can support" DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has met with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin in Belfast where they discussed the need for the Protocol to be replaced with arrangements that unionists can support. They also discussed the Republic of Ireland’s role in the statutory inquiry into the Omagh Bomb. DUP Legacy spokesperson Emma Little-Pengelly MLA and EU Exit spokesman Gordon Lyons MLA were also part of the DUP delegation.
02 Feb, 2023 DUP Peers call for online age verification to protect children. DUP Peers speaking during the debate on the Online Safety Bill have called for robust age verification measures to be introduced to protect children from accessing pornographic content.
02 Feb, 2023 Omagh investigation announcement welcomed DUP Legacy Spokesperson Emma Little Pengelly has welcomed the Secretary of State’s announcement of an independent statutory into the Omagh bombing.
02 Feb, 2023 Record Shell profits on back of trapped customers The DUP’s Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart and DUP Economy spokesman Jonathan Buckley have said the Shell record breaking annual profits, the highest in 115 years, is further evidence that the Government should shelve any plans of increasing fuel duty in March and instead place a further levy on the energy giants.
01 Feb, 2023 Lord Dodds issues warning over medicines supply to Northern Ireland The DUP Peer Lord Dodds has warned the Government to heed the evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the NI Protocol and recognise that Northern Ireland’s medicine supply chain is in real danger.
01 Feb, 2023 Wilson – “motorists need a break not a tax hike” DUP East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has said Treasury indications of a hike in fuel duty would send a shiver of dread down the spines of Northern Ireland motorists.
01 Feb, 2023 Time for Government to implement Union Connectivity Review- Brett The DUP’s Infrastructure spokesman Phillip Brett has called on the Government to implement the recommendations of the Union Connectivity Review published by the Department for Transport. The North Belfast MLA said the recent collapse of Flybe must act as an impetus for the Government to support better connectivity between Northern Ireland and mainland GB.
01 Feb, 2023 Paisley - focus on substance rather than speculation The DUP’s North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has been speaking in Westminster and dismissed newspaper speculation about a UK-EU deal as kite-flying.