22 Jul, 2021 Gregory Campbell: Government's intentions on Protocol "a first step" DUP East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has branded the statements about the Government’s intentions for the Northern Ireland Protocol as “a first step”.
22 Jul, 2021 Abortion laws a matter for devolved institutions – Lockhart Upper Bann DUP MP Carla Lockhart has said abortion laws should be a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. Mrs Lockhart was responding to the Secretary of State’s decision to direct the Department of Health to commission abortion services in Northern Ireland by March 2022.
22 Jul, 2021 Carla Lockhart MP – “Alderman McCrum always put others first” DUP Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has expressed her sympathy to the family and friends of Alderman Junior McCrum and paid tribute to his work as an elected representative.
21 Jul, 2021 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson - "Ald Junior McCrum was a faithful and dedicated public servant" Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, Leader, Democratic Unionist Party. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing this evening of my friend and colleague Alderman Junior McCrum.
21 Jul, 2021 Sammy Wilson: New arrangements must deal with Protocol's democratic deficit DUP East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has welcomed the Government’s acknowledgement that fundamental change is needed to the Northern Ireland Protocol but warned that future arrangements which sustain a role for the EU in deciding the laws which govern our Province would be equally unacceptable.
21 Jul, 2021 Sir Jeffrey – “a significant first step by HMG on Protocol” DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has said the publication of the Government’s Command Paper on the Northern Ireland Protocol is a first step and a tacit acceptance that the Protocol is not working.
20 Jul, 2021 Ian Paisley - "Report downplays the serious and endemic disruption caused by the Protocol" DUP North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has accused a report by the Institute of Irish Studies of downplaying the serious and endemic disruption caused by the Protocol to relationships between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
20 Jul, 2021 TB Covid-19 mitigating measures set to end Some mitigating measures introduced in spring 2020 to minimise disruption to bTB testing as the result of the Covid-19 pandemic are to end, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced.
20 Jul, 2021 Poots invites Expressions of Interest for £12million Tier 2 of FBIS Capital An Expression of Interest stage for the second tranche of Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital (FBIS-C) has been launched by agriculture Minister Edwin Poots.
20 Jul, 2021 DUP MLAs oppose amnesty proposals DUP MLAs have opposed proposals by HM Government for an amnesty into troubles related crime. The Northern Ireland Assembly was recalled today to debate the issue.