Following his attack last week on the DOE proposal to include bags made of any material in the carrier bag tax, during the Consideration stage of the Carrier Bag Bill, TUV MLA Jim Allister has tabled an amendment for debate next Tuesday to remove paper bags from the...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “In his Irish News interview published this morning co-First Minister McGuinness admits what ordinary members of the public already know – the executive is an embarrassment. “McGuinness has good reason to be embarrassed about the...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today’s comments by the Culture Minister during question time when she dismissed a letter she hadn’t read as “gossip” were nothing short of scandalous. “For her information, the fact that someone of the standing within amateur...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today’s comments by the Culture Minister during question time when she dismissed a letter she hadn’t read as “gossip” were nothing short of scandalous. “For her information, the fact that someone of the standing within amateur...
Jim Allister has welcomed a report by the Northern Ireland Ombudsman Tom Frawley which described the Department of Education’s handling of correspondence from the TUV leader as “unacceptable” and recommended that the Department provide a written apology to Mr Allister...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I am disappointed, but from previous experience not terribly surprised, that I have not been afforded the opportunity to question the Justice Minister about the proposed visit of an IRA escapee to a prison in order to discuss his...
The following platform article appeared in Saturday’s News Letter. Since police pension regulations were reformed a few years ago there has been a glaring inequality affecting RUC widows. Under the new regulations a new police widow can retain her pension rights for...
Statement by Jim Allister MLA “It is disappointing to learn that £5.7m of public money was not subject to proper procurement control and has been labelled as ‘potential malpractice’. “It is indicative of the general disregard towards public money that this was not...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “When the Assembly debated the appointment of Douglas Bain as Assembly Commissioner for Standards I expressed my disappointment with the choice of someone who so neatly fitted within the quango circuit. My view that Mr Bain is...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “I am disappointed that the Speaker has declined my request for an urgent oral question to the Justice Minister following Martin McGuinness’s disgraceful comments about the Orange Order. “The filled and pernicious alignment by...
