Robin Swann MLA has visited Royal Mail’s Ballymena delivery office to pass on Christmas wishes and encouragement to the postmen and women at their busiest time of year. Mr Swann was shown round the office by...
Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann has called on the Agriculture Minister to take immediate action after it was revealed to him for the first time that a number of Northern Ireland’s major milk processors have...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson Sandra Overend MLA, has voiced her concerns at the Department of Enterprise, Training and Investment’s failure to meet its Programme for Government’s targets to reduce economic inactivity. Speaking following a Departmental briefing...
Upper Bann Ulster Unionist MLA Sam Gardiner has quizzed deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on the Dublin Government’s involvement in the Haass talks. At Assembly questions Mr Gardiner asked the deputy First Minister to confirm if...
Sandra Overend MLA, Ulster Unionist Tourism spokesperson, has responded to the latest NISRA tourism figures. Mrs Overend said: “While it is good news that locals have clearly been doing their bit in encouraging friends and family to...
Robin Swann MLA, the Ulster Unionist Chairperson of Stormont’s Employment & Learning Committee, has asked the universities Minister for an update on the possibility of a veterinary medicine degree being delivered at one of Northern Ireland’s...
Ulster Unionist MLA Sandra Overend has welcomed the conviction of a man for the murder of RUC Reservist John Proctor as he left the Mid-Ulster hospital in September 1981. Mrs Overend, who represents Mid-Ulster, said: "The murder...
Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey has welcomed confirmation by the Government that the Attorney General was not speaking on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government when he made his comments regarding an effective amnesty and that...
Danny Kennedy, Ulster Unionist MLA for Newry and Armagh, has condemned those who left a suspicious object close to the North-South electricity interconnector. Mr Kennedy said: “It is unbelievable that in the year 2013, there are still...
Roy Beggs MLA, Ulster Unionist Health spokesperson, has responded to the allegations of a former employee of Cherry Tree House Nursing and Residential Home of patient neglect and poor practice. Mr Beggs said: “I have concerns that...