Paula Bradshaw MLA has warned that those with responsibility for women’s reproductive healthcare must now live up to that responsibility, after the announcement that the central access point to early medical abortion services operated by Informing Choices NI will be withdrawn from October. The South Belfast MLA stated: “The Board and staff of Informing Choices […]
Alliance MLA John Blair has called on all political leaders to rebuke any sense of credibility the LCC is trying to exert over our society. Mr Blair – the party’s representative on the policing board – said it was long past the time that anyone with links to on-going paramilitarism should have any influence in […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the content of the Elective Care Framework announced in the Assembly, but has cautioned there are major omissions which means it lacks detail and ambition. Health Minister Robin Swann said the £700 million plan would aim to have targeted investment and reform to ensure backlogs do not keep re-occurring. […]
It is vital all the commitments all the parties signed up in the New Decade, New Approach agreement are delivered, Alliance Chief Whip Kellie Armstrong MLA has said. Ms Armstrong was speaking ahead of a meeting of the Assembly’s Business Committee this afternoon, at which the Speaker has indicated the nomination of First and Deputy […]
Alliance Environment spokesperson John Blair MLA has welcomed the launch of a public consultation on the draft Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040. Peatlands are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, yet our peatlands remain under threat. Locally, they face pressures such as overgrazing, drainage and burning, causing damage to 86 per cent of them. […]
Alliance is to offer bereavement leave for employees affected by miscarriage and stillbirth, Chief Whip Kellie Armstrong MLA has said. Ms Armstrong was speaking ahead of the latest stage of the Parental Bereavement Bill in the Assembly today (Monday). It aims to bring in statutory paid leave of two weeks for those who have suffered […]
The outgoing Education Minister’s failure to act on post-primary transfer is unacceptable, Alliance Education spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has said. Over 23,000 children received news this past weekend regarding their post primary school placement, which followed a number of grammar schools announcing they would not be using transfer test for admissions after they were cancelled […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has expressed concern at the length of time it is taking to set up specialist long COVID treatment services in Northern Ireland, after an announcement suggesting they will only be established in late October. It includes an assessment service for those with symptoms consistent with the infections which have […]
Incoming Economy Minister Paul Frew needs to seek an urgent meeting with Belfast City Airport and Aer Lingus, after the airline announced it had stopped flights from the airport to several UK destinations. The news came after Stobart Air, which operates Aer Lingus’ regional services, moved into liquidation. Flights to a number of British cities […]
Alliance Policing Board member John Blair MLA has said his thoughts remain with people unable to properly mourn the death of loved ones during the pandemic, after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) upheld its decision not to prosecute anyone in relation to the Bobby Storey funeral. The PPS originally made the decision to not prosecute […]