08/03/2010Kinahan Call on Poots to ditch Airport planSouth Antrim MLA, Danny Kinahan, has told the Environment Minister that it's still not to late to do the decent thing over the controversial application to extend the runway at the George Best Belfast City Airport.
05/03/2010DUP "gang-up" casts further doubt on Knock Planning debateUlster Unionist environment spokesperson, Roy Beggs MLA, has condemned the DUP's attempts to ';abuse'; the Assembly Environment Committee, and said that he fully supports moves to rescind the decision to ban discussion on the Knock Golf Club Planning Application.
03/03/2010NIHE is contributing to Fuel PovertyUUP MLA Roy Beggs has highlighted the unacceptability of the Housing Executive's continuing reliance on expensive basic electricity to heat 201 of their homes and how they themselves are contributing to fuel poverty.
03/03/2010Forestry Bill moves to next stageUlster Unionist Agriculture spokesperson Tom Elliott has said questions still remain and the Minister needs to give reassurances following the news that the Northern Ireland Forestry Bill has moved to the next stage.
18/02/2010Beggs calls for urgent improvement from Planning ServiceRoy Beggs MLA, Ulster Unionist assembly member for East Antrim has called for a vast improvement from the Planning Service.
16/02/2010Opposition to overhead pylonsUlster Unionist Assembly member for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, Tom Elliott MLA has urged the general public to assert their continued opposition to the plans by NIE to erect 102 pylons through the countryside in parts of Armagh & Tyrone.
10/02/2010Councils urged to capitalise on committees' stay of executionUlster Unionist South Antrim MLA Danny Kinahan has said that the Lough Neagh and Lower Bann Advisory Committees are one of the few examples of joined-up government really working.
09/02/2010Building a greener future for BallymenaUlster Unionist North Antrim MLA, Rev Dr Robert Coulter, and UUP consumer affairs spokesperson, Robin Swann, have welcomed the provision of grants worth up to £500,000 for a low carbon project in Ballymena.
08/02/2010Forest and woodland planting way behind scheduleTom Elliott, the Ulster Unionist spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Development, has criticised Minister Gildernew after learning that official targets set for the planting of forest and woodland are far behind schedule.
28/01/2010Bringing banned drivers to bookUlster Unionist environment spokesperson Roy Beggs has welcomed the implementation of a new law which will keep banned drivers off UK and Irish roads.













