Results 1-20 of 1,085 for speaker:Alasdair McDonnell
- Northern Ireland (23 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I am pleased and privileged to rise to support the motion, and I do so in the strongest possible terms. I want to thank the Labour party and the shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker), for bringing the motion to the House and, with it, the opportunity not only for myself, but for others, to make comment. I am always pleased to...
- Northern Ireland (23 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: The hon. Gentleman must have been reading my notes over my shoulder—the rules of the House should be amended to prevent Members from copying others—because my next line is that we should also note that we owe a deep debt of gratitude to the United States and the various Administrations in Washington throughout that period. Yes, much of the violence has been taken out of the...
- Northern Ireland (23 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I agree fully with the hon. Gentleman’s comments, but unfortunately we do not have or have not had until now Government Ministers queuing up to estimate the foreign investment opportunities lost as a result of the disorder in the past few months, but let us in the House not deceive ourselves. There is an economic cost to disruption, violence and disturbance in the streets, and I...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (22 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I thank the First Minister for his answers so far. There is huge disappointment over the intransigence on the devolution of corporation tax. The First Minister mentioned that there are some ideas on a package. Does that package amount to a plan B? Will he share some of the ideas that might provide a stimulus to our local economy?
- Tributes to Baroness Thatcher (10 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I rise to sympathise with Baroness Thatcher’s family, friend and colleagues in this House and elsewhere. To them I offer my profound condolences. I rise as a proud Irish nationalist in the proud tradition of O’Connell and Parnell, and in the positive political tradition of my predecessors John Hume, Seamus Mallon and Eddie McGrady. This is a solemn day and it is with solemnity and...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Co-ownership Schemes (9 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: 3. asked the Minister for Social Development to outline where co-ownership schemes have been established since the allocation of the £7·5 million from the last monitoring round. (AQO 3747/11-15)
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Co-ownership Schemes (9 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I thank the Minister for his answer. It has always struck me that the co-ownership scheme is very useful. Does the Minister have any plans to further expand, encourage or promote co-ownership schemes in either size or number?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statements: Department for Regional Development: Response to Severe Weather (9 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I thank the Minister for his statement and, indeed, all the officials and staff who performed above and beyond the call of duty. Has the Minister considered, or will he consider, how the DRD response could have been improved? Although it worked well in most cases, I know there were still gaps and a need for improvement. I have been horrified by local stories of vulnerable,...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statements: Department for Regional Development: Response to Severe Weather (9 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: Could the Minister not create a better or more efficient network of local emergency-response people, like farmers and others, who might be triggered to cope with emergencies such as those that we had with the snow? I observe how countries in middle Europe respond rapidly to snow and keep roads open.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statements: Department for Regional Development: Response to Severe Weather (9 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: Is there anything that we can learn from them?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Matter of the Day: Baroness Thatcher (8 April 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: I rise to pay tribute to the late Baroness Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher was a controversial and, in many ways, divisive figure in the political landscape on our shores in Ireland, and particularly Northern Ireland. Her politics and approach left her a somewhat hostile figure as far as nationalism was concerned, but although events here dominated and, in many ways, defined much of...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (14 March 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the exemption of families with severely disabled people from the social rented sector under-occupancy penalty.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (14 March 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for the hardship fund for the social rented sector under-occupancy penalty.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (14 March 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria will be used to determine exemptions from the social rented sector under-occupancy penalty for (a) people with children with severe disabilities and (b) people who require full-time care.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (14 March 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people who require full-time care and (b) households with severely disabled children that will be exempt from the social rented sector under-occupancy penalty in Northern Ireland.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Recent Disturbances (6 March 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: In view of the current political difficulties and the impasse on some issues, would the Secretary of State consider it useful to convene round-table discussions involving herself, the Irish Government and all the political parties in Northern Ireland?
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Weather: Northern Ireland (5 March 2013)
Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reason there is no cold weather alert system in place in Northern Ireland.
- Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee (26 February 2013)
Northern Ireland Affairs: Draft Northern Ireland Bill.
Witnesses: Mike Nesbitt MLA, Leader, UUP; David McClarty MLA; Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, Leader, DUP; Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP MLA, Leader, SDLP; Sinn Féin representative (witness tbc)- Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee (26 February 2013)
Northern Ireland Affairs: Draft Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill.
Witnesses: Mike Nesbitt MLA, Leader, UUP; David McClarty MLA; Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, Leader, DUP; Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP MLA, Leader, SDLP; Raymond McCartney MLA, Sinn Féin- Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee (26 February 2013)
Northern Ireland Affairs: Draft Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill.
Witnesses: Mike Nesbitt MLA, Leader, UUP; David McClarty MLA; Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, Leader, DUP; Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP MLA, Leader, SDLP; Sinn Féin representative (witness tbc)