13 Feb, 2025 Weir marks Holocaust Memorial Day Speaking in the House of Lords debate on Holocaust Memorial Day DUP Peer Lord Weir said,
13 Feb, 2025 Foyle Pride highlight incompatibility of public bodies participating in parade Commenting on the recent statement from Foyle Pride, Foyle DUP MLA Gary Middleton said,
13 Feb, 2025 Protect right to use cash: Wilson East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has called on the Government to support those who wish to use cash to pay for goods and services.
13 Feb, 2025 Who will pay for Police Ombudsman appeal? : Bunting DUP Justice Spokesperson Joanne Bunting has queried who will foot the bill for the Police Ombudsman's appeal of the High Court ruling that she exceeded her legal powers in making findings of ‘collusive behaviour’ against police officers
12 Feb, 2025 Lockhart - “What a waste of a PMQ!” The DUP’s Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said the Alliance Party is so focused on anti-DUP soundbites that it wasted an opportunity at Prime Minister’s Question Time to raise anything of worth to the people of Lagan Valley or Northern Ireland.
12 Feb, 2025 Government must be more robust in defending the national interest DUP Peer Lord Dodds has said that defending the national interest must include Northern Ireland and the UK Government should take a leaf out of the EU playbook and take whatever action is required to ensure sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
12 Feb, 2025 Education Minister invests £4million in outdoor learning equipment for schools Education Minister Paul Givan has officially launched the Outdoor Learning Project to enhance pupil experiences of outdoor learning. The project represents a £4million capital investment for pre-schools, nursery schools, primary schools and special schools to buy outdoor furniture and equipment they need most to enhance high-quality outdoor learning.
12 Feb, 2025 Clarke - “recruit the best officers regardless of background” DUP MLA Trevor Clarke, the Party’s leader on the NI Policing Board, has said leadership is key to increasing the number of Roman Catholics in the PSNI and opposed any efforts to have 50% of recruits drawn from a Catholic background.
11 Feb, 2025 McIlveen: 6k farms affected by inheritance tax change Strangford MLA Michelle McIlveen, who also chairs the Stormont Agricultural Committee told a debate opposing the Government's inheritance tax changes that the Northern Ireland Rural Valuers Association (NIRVA), in conjunction with the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) found that at least 6,000 Northern Irish farming taxpayers would be affected by the tax change over a generation.
11 Feb, 2025 Minister for Communities’ ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to benefit fraud Communities minister Gordon Lyons has outlined his ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to benefit fraud in a statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly today.