Results 1-4 of 4 for speaker:Norman Hillis
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Protection for the Elderly (19 Dec 2006)
Norman Hillis: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to the motion. It is encouraging that, before today’s debate, the idea of, or aspiration for, a commissioner for older people received enthusiastic cross-party support. It is academic whether the commissioner is an interim or permanent position. It could be argued that we either have a commissioner or we do not have a commissioner. Do we...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Report on Law and Order Issues (20 Sep 2006)
Norman Hillis: I welcome the opportunity to comment on the Committee on the Preparation for Government’s report on law-and-order issues. I hope that those matters are dear to all our hearts. I am not a member of the PFG Committee and therefore do not have intimate knowledge of the minutiae of the report. However, the law-and-order issues that the report deals with touch every citizen of Northern...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Secretary of State Motion: Spending Review and Priorities (7 Jul 2006)
Norman Hillis: Like others, I begin by registering my complete dissatisfaction at the way in which we have been expected to debate this motion with less than 48 hours’ notice. The Secretary of State continues to treat us with considerable disrespect. Although the wording of the motion is somewhat cumbersome, and the sentiments perhaps a little presumptuous, it is nonetheless an important debate....
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Industrial Rating (6 Jun 2006)
Norman Hillis: I am delighted to support the motion. Without wishing to be alarmist about the future of manufacturing in Northern Ireland, we must be realistic and agree with the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Focus Group that the imposition of industrial rates is a short-sighted and counterproductive policy. Like David Simpson, I compliment that organisation on its demonstration today; its...