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Young People in Care — House of Commons, 2015-01-27
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does the hon. Gentleman agree that a percentage of young people leave care homes not because they are forced to do so, but because of difficulties that they experience in their lives? Such young people become vulnerable and can then be trafficked and cannot be found again.
Historic Churches — House of Commons, 2015-03-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): In my constituency, the friends of the Presbyterian church in Portaferry have a wonderful historic church. They applied for, and were successful in getting, a grant of some £900,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. Those moneys enabled the church to be refurbished, retained and restored to its former glory. What contact have the Church Commissioners had with the Big Lottery Fund scheme to ensure that all churches can do the same?
Ebola — House of Commons, 2015-03-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): A significant number of the service personnel serving in west Africa are from Northern Ireland. Obviously their families and loved ones want them to return safe and healthy. I understand that the incubation period for Ebola can be up to a month. What steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure that a quarantine period is initiated?
Peanut Allergies (Announcements on UK Flights) — House of Commons, 2015-02-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I am, of course, very aware of the issue of freedom. I do not think that anyone is campaigning for a prohibition, which is an important point. However, I have not once met a family who, having been told by others, "One of our children suffers from peanut allergies—please do not eat those peanuts," would wilfully want to eat peanuts in front of them, I think that most people would comply with such a request if they knew that the health of someone who was exposed to peanuts would be at risk.
Peanut Allergies (Announcements on UK Flights) — House of Commons, 2015-02-09
Topic: Other
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I welcome the fact that the Minister has been prompt in deciding to call for the gathering of that information. Will he go a bit further and give me a commitment that when he has that information he will turn that research into some serious policy that will allow for a change, if the evidence is there—I accept that the evidence must always be there to make a decision?
Equitable Life — House of Commons, 2015-02-26
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on getting this matter on to the Floor of the House. He is in danger of being canonised by the many thousands of people in Northern Ireland who are watching this debate closely because of how unfairly they have been affected. I hope that those on the Treasury Bench are listening to the points that Members have raised There have been announcements this week about the bonuses to be paid to bankers in banks controlled by the public purse, and some bankers have taken the personal decision to refuse bonuses if they so wish. At least they have the choice. The people who have suffered under Equitable Life have not got a choice. I hope that Treasury Ministers are listening, and recognise that if they want the future support of Opposition Members, they should address this issue before the end of this term
Public Sector Land — House of Commons, 2015-06-29
Topic: Housing
Gregory Lloyd Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): There is a significant disparity in the rate of public sector development across the United Kingdom. Will the Minister undertake to hold discussions with the relevant Ministers in each of the devolved Assemblies and Parliaments to ensure that residents in each of the parts of the UK get maximum bang for their buck?
Greece — House of Commons, 2015-06-29
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Advising constituents to carry with them large amounts of cash obviously poses significant questions about security. What advice and guidance can the Chancellor ensure has been given to the Greek authorities to protect British people who are carrying large amounts of cash?
Government’s Economic Pact — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does the Secretary of State accept that people in Northern Ireland and those who observe the Northern Ireland political scene are stunned, bewildered—and, indeed, angry—at what Sinn Fein has done in reneging on its agreement on welfare reform, without any good reason whatsoever? Does the Secretary of State wish to spell out now from the Dispatch Box the implications for corporation tax and other issues of the Stormont House agreement not proceeding? It is clear that Sinn Fein is putting its own narrow party interests ahead of vulnerable people and the entire community in Northern Ireland.
Government’s Economic Pact — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): It is important now that people in Northern Ireland, this House and everybody looking at the political scene are clear that the responsibility for the current crisis lies squarely with Sinn Fein, which is reneging on its commitments clearly made and openly expressed in the Stormont House agreement. Will the Secretary of State be clear that she will not take this blanket condemnation or blame approach, but focus on the problem—Sinn Fein?
Flags and Parades — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does the Secretary of State recognise the feeling of injustice in the Unionist community on the issue of parades? In my constituency we have waited 16 years to get a return parade—a church parade. When are we going to get a resolution?
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): The hon. Gentleman raises an important point to which I shall return. Indeed, our motion states that the matter has been so badly handled by the broadcasters—undoubtedly political self-interest has raised its head as well—that steps should be taken, as a result of this debacle, to ensure a fair and equitable basis on which to agree proper and fair debates. This experience makes that point very strongly—although whether it should be done through legislation is another matter.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Other
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): The hon. Gentleman is right. That is certainly part of the debate that should happen, but it should happen well in advance—not in the heat of a general election and not in the run-up to the election when so many vested interests are at stake. As we have discovered, people who were previously enthusiastic have become less enthusiastic, depending on their particular vested interest. Likewise, others who were not so keen have suddenly become very keen indeed.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): My right hon. Friend has alluded to the fact that after 8 May Democratic Unionist Members could have a say on who walks into Downing street as Prime Minister. That being the case, is it not right and proper that the national audience should know where smaller parties such as ours stand on the issues of national defence and the Union, on grammar school education, health care, taxation, the cost of living, defence spending and so forth? The public are entitled to know that; it will help them to decide which parties should help to create and form the next Government.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
William McCrea (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Lord Grade, whom I mentioned earlier, writes that the BBC and the broadcasters "are not the guardians of democracy." He also writes that they are "unequivocally playing politics." Surely those are not characteristics of an independent BBC, and surely that means that an independent body to arrange the debates is required.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Other
Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Lord Molyneaux was adept in another respect. At the time of the last hung Parliament when Unionists held the balance of power, he showed that Ulstermen, and indeed women, are very good at doing politics when the occasion arises.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): My right hon. Friend has made a very pertinent point, but I think it is a debate for another day Obviously my party will always stand up for Northern Ireland, and in raising this matter today, we are standing against an illogical and unreasonable attempt by some broadcasters to exclude us from the debates. However, the issue is wider than just us. Who are these debates for? Are they for the people who take part in them? Are they for the people who so desperately want to produce them? No, they are not. They are for the people who watch them, and who then decide whether we are to come back to this place. If the broadcasters cannot be trusted to put the interests of the voters first, in all parts of the United Kingdom, we must remember our historic role. We speak for the people because we are elected by the people, and others should never dare to presume to get in the way of the people when they are trying to hear their elected representatives speak and debate with one another. I commend the motion to the House.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Other
Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): It may have been a slip, but I am sure the hon. Lady did not mean to say that when we talk on a national basis, we talk about Great Britain—the nation is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that point about Sinn Fein, because one of the broadcasters’ arguments for including the SNP and Plaid Cymru was that they will compete against parties that could form the next Government and so could play a role in the formation of the next Government. However, they also say that if they go to Northern Ireland, they will have to include all the parties, especially Sinn Fein, because they get votes and have seats. The reality is that there is absolutely no point in listeners hearing from Sinn Fein Members because they do not come to Parliament, they will not be voting in Parliament and they have no role to play in Parliament, and that is of their own volition. It is clearly a nonsense argument that the broadcasters are using.
General Election Television Debates — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I agree. I have great respect for the hon. Member for South Down (Ms Ritchie), but I have to say that my father, who is one of her constituents, would be very upset if he lost out on the opportunity to see these debates in the general election, because he is an avid watcher of political affairs I hope that these matters can be resolved. Our motion is an attempt to push the issue forward and to get some common sense applied. I hope that common sense will be the outcome. The outcome that must not occur is one that excludes Northern Ireland but includes other regions where political parties are represented that do not participate or put up candidates in other parts of the United Kingdom. It would be deeply unfair if Northern Ireland were the only region that was excluded on that basis.
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): On combating fuel fraud, will the Minister confirm that the new fuel marker that is about to be introduced in Northern Ireland has no roadside test capability whatsoever and that, therefore, the Government are about to put in a marker that cannot be tested on our roadsides?
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
William McCrea (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does the Minister not realise that the community finds it absolutely abhorrent that filling stations that sell illegal fuel are not only not prosecuted but open the following week to sell fuel again? In many cases, the community has seen such filling stations closed down on a number of occasions without any court case following.
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right to ask that question. Someone was sleeping on their watch, if indeed they were watching at all I have another question for the Minister. Why would the Government not support their own world-leading British science company when its fuel markers are the only IMS-proven indelible markers that are recommended? I want to ask him a further question. Given that the IMS is a joint UK-Republic of Ireland process, why was a single Dow marker IMS awarded when the Government knew that they needed a minimum of two indelible markers? I have asked a series of questions. I do not expect to get the answers today, but it is important that we try to get to the bottom of this.
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Not really, but I will say something about the process. My understanding is that a year ago the Dow marker was tested and found not to work, yet a year down the road we are introducing it. I cannot understand that. If something does not work, why are we spending millions of pounds on introducing it? We are trying to get to the bottom of this and we need the proper marker introduced.
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Other
Thomas David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): As I have said, time will tell. I think this is going to be an expensive exercise that will be proven in time to be not as effective as the Minister has been led to believe.
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
William McCrea (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does the hon. Lady accept that there is another difficulty? In the instance I mentioned, laptops and documents were destroyed or burned before HMRC arrived at the scene. The concern was that there had been a tip-off.
Cross-border Crime — House of Commons, 2015-03-11
Topic: Other
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): The Minister refers to some of my party colleagues. My hon. Friends the Members for South Antrim (Dr McCrea) and for Upper Bann (David Simpson) mean no discourtesy to the Minister, whom I know they are very fond of, but they have had to leave the Chamber because of a meeting tomorrow morning with a Minister in Northern Ireland. I hope the Minister will appreciate that they had to catch their flight.
Stormont House Agreement — House of Commons, 2015-06-24
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Given that we are now into the period running up to 12 July and beyond, does the Secretary of State accept that enormous efforts were made last year by community leaders and political parties to ensure peace and calm on the streets of Belfast and elsewhere? Since then, she has abandoned the only initiative that was in the offing to move things forward, and has not come up with an alternative. Will she undertake to look at the parades legislation? She has the responsibility for parading issues—it is not devolved—so will she come forward with proposals to move the situation forward and find a replacement for the current failed regime?
Budget (Northern Ireland Executive) — House of Commons, 2015-06-24
Topic: Civil Rights
Gavin James Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): The Secretary of State will be aware that the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland made great play in London at the weekend of how the vulnerable are hurting. Will she remind our Deputy First Minister that the vulnerable have been hurting while we have had an impasse over the Stormont House agreement, and they will continue to hurt should there not be any progress on the issue?
Border Management (Calais) — House of Commons, 2015-06-24
Topic: Immigration
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I thank the Secretary of State for her statement. Is she aware of the media reports this morning indicating that some eastern European countries will not stop illegal immigrants coming through their countries, thus increasing the impact on France and the United Kingdom? What steps can she take to address that issue?
Sport and the 2012 Olympics Legacy — House of Commons, 2015-06-24
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): The hon. Lady has a passionate interest in shooting sports. The one sport that was not mentioned by the shadow Secretary of State in his introduction was clay pigeon shooting, in which Peter Wilson won a wonderful gold medal. Does she recognise that fantastic win, and does she feel that more could be done to introduce young people to shooting sports?
European Union Referendum Bill — House of Commons, 2015-06-18
Topic: Immigration
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case for his amendment in arguing against differentiation between people of different nationalities who are resident here and pay taxes, but why stop at EU citizens? Why does he not apply the same argument to citizens of the wider world who are also resident here and pay taxes, and who will also be affected by the decision?
Child Sexual Abuse — House of Commons, 2015-06-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): One thing that concerns me is the issue of gathering evidence, for instance building the evidential base in the case of Kincora and what happened in Northern Ireland. That evidence should be used to improve the expertise that is necessary to deliver for children and to give them the protection that they need.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology — House of Commons, 2015-02-03
Topic: Other
William McCrea (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does the hon. Lady find it strange that while the shadow Minister was telling the House that we should support these regulations, she had no answer to the direct question she was asked by the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs Gillan), and that all she could say was that she hoped the Minister would clear the matter up?
Human Fertilisation and Embryology — House of Commons, 2015-02-03
Topic: Other
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. It is obviously of great concern to many Members of the House that only 90 minutes was allocated for that debate, and you outlined at the beginning that the Minister could control that. What advice would you give to Back Benchers who want to ensure that in future, if there are debates about such enormous change for the whole United Kingdom, we can ensure a three-hour debate rather than a 90-minute debate?
Child Sexual Abuse (Independent Panel Inquiry) — House of Commons, 2015-02-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I thank the Secretary of State for confirming that the Hart inquiry will take place in Northern Ireland. Will that inquiry have the power to request those living on the UK mainland to attend it? If it is discovered that those involved in the inquiries have been in both Belfast and London, will evidence be exchanged between those inquiries?
Electoral Registration — House of Commons, 2015-02-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): It is good to contribute. First of all, right hon. and hon. Members, including the Minister and the shadow Minister, have been very kind in referring to Northern Ireland’s experience. It provided an important example for the rest of the United Kingdom. If I may, I would like to provide a little more of the Northern Ireland perspective On electoral registration, our aim should be to have an open, honest, transparent and, more importantly, accessible system so that those who want to vote are able to do so without difficulty. We do not need any more reason to deter or make difficult the process of voting, and there are obvious worries that the plans for individual voter registration will let many slip through the cracks. We also have to protect our democracy from fraud, and individual voter registration is one way of doing that, as many Members have suggested Before the Northern Ireland initiative, it was evident that, as the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland reported, there had been a significant and worrying decline in both the accuracy and completeness of Northern Ireland’s electoral register. On 1 April 2012, post-general election, the register was 78% accurate, with one in five entries relating to people who were no longer resident at the address. An estimated 400,000 people were not registered at the correct address. Understandably, we had an ambition to address that issue It is valuable to have discussions in the devolved Administrations and the Northern Ireland Assembly in particular in the hope that through our respective Governments we can learn from each other about what makes for best practice.
Electoral Registration — House of Commons, 2015-02-04
Topic: Civil Rights
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the best initiatives in Northern Ireland has been the voter electoral identity card? People can apply for it, and it is free. It has a photograph and other identity marks on it, and it allows people to carry that credit card into the electoral booth to prove who they are and maintain their vote without molestation.
Electoral Registration — House of Commons, 2015-02-04
Topic: Civil Rights
Richard James Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party, Right): I thank my hon. Friend for that. Yes, that is another example of something that was done in Northern Ireland, and it is important to note that it provides a free opportunity to get voter identification.