Ulster Unionist Party leader Sir Reg Empey MLA, speaking during the Assembly debate on policing and justice, said that the UUP remains determined ';to make Stormont work for all the people of Northern Ireland - unionists, nationalists, all of us';.

The Ulster Unionist Party has criticised the Alliance Party following the news that David Ford has announced he intends to put him self forward for the position of justice minister at the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott has criticised OFMdFM for its delay in bringing forward its Cohesion, Sharing and Integration plan describing it as another example of Executive dysfuntionality.

Addressing the Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday, Ulster Unionist MLA for Newry and Armagh, Danny Kennedy, has condemned the ';sinister attack'; which took place at Newry Court House on Monday night.

Ulster Unionist finance spokesperson, David McNarry MLA, has said that inequality in Northern Ireland must be tackled by ';challenging discrimination and by giving people the capabilities and opportunities to succeed';.

Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs MLA has attacked the DUP and Sinn Fein for what he has described as 'Assembly choreography' over language after questions were submitted to the Culture Minister by Gerry Adams and Michelle McIlveen.

If it's possible for two Parties to solve parading in just two weeks, how long would it take the Northern Ireland Executive to solve education? And no, it isn't a joke.

Ulster Unionist South Antrim MLA Danny Kinahan has criticised the wastage of ';valuable time and public money on dead-end debates and pointless questions';.

Ulster Unionist North Antrim MLA, Rev Dr Robert Coulter, a member of the Assembly Committee for Employment and Learning, has said that ';lifelong learning for older people is a vital part of social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development';.

As a Party the UUP is still not formally involved in negotiations. We have warned all along that this outcome was inevitable due to the failure to include ourselves and indeed the SDLP in negotiations.