Reacting to confirmation that the grace period for chilled meats from Great Britain being sold into Northern Ireland has been extended for three months, Ulster Unionist Party Leader Doug Beattie MC MLA said: “I have requested...
Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the advice on Covid booster vaccinations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The interim advice from JCVI is to plan to offer booster vaccines from September 2021...
Reacting to the publication of a tracker poll for academics about views on the NI Protocol, Lord Empey said: “A poll published today shows that 8 out of 10 people in Northern Ireland distrust the DUP...
Responding to the court judgement on the NI Protocol challenge, Steve Aiken OBE MLA said: “We acknowledge the findings of the Court. However, this is an issue of such magnitude that it needs to be...
Ulster Unionist Policing Board spokesperson Mike Nesbitt MLA has expressed surprise that Justice Minister Naomi Long MLA has questioned whether the PSNI needs the 7,500 full time officers promised in the New Decade New Approach...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Assembly Chief Whip, Robbie Butler MLA, has called for clarity from the UK Government as a matter of urgency, following news that the European Commission is poised to lift its ban...
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that Tom Kark QC is to chair the Public Inquiry into abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. The Minister made the announcement as he unveiled a report prepared by the Patient...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Agriculture Spokesperson Rosemary Barton MLA has called for clarity from the UK Government as a matter of urgency, following news that the European Commission is poised to lift its ban on...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt MLA, is calling for the Executive Office to extend and increase support for travel agents whose business has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. This follows information provided by the...
Health Minister Robin Swann today launched the new Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, setting the strategic direction for mental health in Northern Ireland for the next decade. Launching the new strategy in an Oral statement to the...