Ulster Unionist Party Health Spokesperson, Jo-Anne Dobson MLA, has described the performance of the Department of Health’s Permanent Secretary, Richard Pengelly, at today’s Health Committee, as utterly shocking and devoid of any detail. The Upper Bann...
Ulster Unionist Leader Mike Nesbitt MLA has welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron’s conference speech commitment to end what he described as 'passive tolerance' of extremism. Mike Nesbitt said: "This is exactly what we need in Northern Ireland...
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has criticised French President François Hollande’s continued defence of the Schengen Agreement. Speaking before MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday, President Hollande refused to accept that current events have exposed Schengen’s...
East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA, Andy Allen, has condemned those who were responsible for a security alert earlier today in which a viable explosive device was discovered on the Beersbridge Road. Mr Allen said: "I unreservedly condemn...
Ulster Unionist MLA and Policing Board Member Ross Hussey, has urged the community to stand with the Police as the scale of the terror threat posed by republicans in the North West was outlined by...
The difference between the Ulster Unionist Party and Sinn Féin on this issue is that we are not in denial about the existence of any paramilitary organisation. When we withdrew from the Northern Ireland Executive,...
Ulster Unionist Party education spokesperson Sandra Overend has said that the draft statement on key inequalities published by the Equality Commission is an indictment of years of Sinn Fein occupancy at the Department of Education. Mrs...
Robin Swann, Ulster Unionist MLA for North Antrim and Party Chief Whip, has written to the Independent Financial Review Panel asking them to put in place a mechanism so that Ministers only receive a salary...
Ulster Unionist economy spokesperson Adrian Cochrane-Watson MLA has said that the Enterprise Minister’s reappearance in the Assembly to move the second stage of the Credit Unions Bill further demonstrates that the priorities of the DUP...
The Ulster Unionist Party has roundly criticised Health Minister Simon Hamilton for failing to appear for a key debate in the Assembly regarding the developing crisis in cancer services. Ulster Unionist Health Spokesperson, Jo-Anne Dobson MLA,...