Motion 3: Victims Conference believes that the needs and concerns of victims have been neglected within the political process. Conference demands that the Governments increase the funding provided to existing victims’ organisations. Conference recognises that there is a very active but fragmented debate on how to best deal with the past. Conference calls upon the […]
Motion 2: Animal Welfare Conference notes with disgust the continuation of practices such as hunting of foxes and deer, and hare-coursing. Conference calls for a ban on all hunting of mammals with dogs. Conference further calls for the tough enforcement of the law against activities such as badger-baiting. Proposer, Jayne Dunlop, said: Any form of […]
Motion 1: Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Conference is concerned at the culture of lawlessness on the streets of Northern Ireland. Conference calls for the immediate introduction of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in order tackle persistent loutish behaviour that threatens in particular vulnerable sections of the community. Conference calls upon a duty to be placed on all […]
Alliance Education and Learning spokesperson Councillor Michael long has described the Government’s plan to introduce a new minimum wage for 16-17 year-olds as “a recognition of the existing exploitation of young workers” Cllr Long called on the Government to go even further and introduce a single minimum rate for all workers across the board, instead […]
Speech by Eileen Bell MLA at Alliance Party Conference, March 13: Thank you, Since the Good Friday Agreement, our society has tried in many ways, and on many levels, to redress the many wrongs that have been done over the years of conflict. There have been valiant attempts at ground level to address the problems […]
Alliance Party Annual Conference 2004 Party Leader’s speech Thank you for the warmth of your introduction Mr President. In return, can I welcome you all to Dunadry, near the geographical heart of my constituency of South Antrim. Still my constituency, after the November election. ‘Former hunger striker hails historic breakthrough’ says the paper and the […]
The case for integration was summed up by a colleague of mine in Young Alliance in an email to me earlier this week — so well, in fact, that the case could almost be made in one paragraph alone. Why is it that when a Falls man and a Shankill man meet on holiday they […]
Much as everyone in Northern Ireland might aspire to ‘draw a line’ under the past and ‘move on’, the experience of the years since the ceasefires and the Agreement tells us that this is an unrealistic expectation. It reflects the reality that life is no blank sheet but draws on the past and contributes to […]
In seconding this motion I call on you ladies and gentlemen to speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves; animals that have to suffer and die in the most gruesome circumstances. We were all aghast at the sight of a badger being torn to shreds on a television newscast, and a recent survey […]
Conference. Alliance has been to the forefront of lobbying efforts to bring Anti-Social Behaviour Orders into Northern Ireland. There is strong support for these measures across the community. I do believe that the argument, in principle, has at long last been won. But the real battle is going to be ensure That effective decision-making structures […]