Jim Shannon

That this House welcomes World Glaucoma Week from 10 to 16 March 2019; commits to ensuring that the one million glaucoma-related visits to the NHS are met with a state of the art health service focusing on best patient outcomes and efficient and safe service delivery; further com

12 Mar 2019

That this House remembers with great sadness and righteous indignation the murder of the Royal Highland Fusiliers John and Joseph McCaig and Donald McCaughey on 10 March 1971; notes these vile murders and others like this carried out by the IRA have seen no justice and no one hel

11 Mar 2019

That this House notes the centenary of the Army Chaplain; thanks them for the wonderful job that they do supporting out armed forces personnel in deep and dark times; and echoes the words of Her Majesty the Queen, their patron, who said they are an integral part of the well-being

5 Mar 2019

That this House congratulates Brendan Rogers on his appointment to Leicester City Football Club and wishes him every success in his new role.

4 Mar 2019

That this House expresses sympathy to the family of Peter Tork and to his surviving bandmates in the Monkees pop group; recalls with fondness the entertainment that he and the Monkees gave through their upbeat music and comedic genius in their television series; and notes the ple

26 Feb 2019

That this House congratulates St Columbas College, Portaferry, on reaching its 60th birthday; thanks the head teacher, staff, parents and pupils for all that they have done to deliver an excellent education for the pupils in the Ards peninsula and Strangford area; and further ext

26 Feb 2019

That this House expresses concern about the use of agency staff to fill vacancies in the Northern Ireland Civil Service at a cost of more than £30 million in the last two years; and calls on the Northern Ireland Civil Service to fill the vacancies with permanent staff through a m

19 Feb 2019

That this House notes the 45th anniversary of the M62 bombing which killed 12 people on a coach including a father and mother and their two sons aged five and two; expresses again the most sincere sympathies to the families of those who still grieve and those who were injured; re

13 Feb 2019

That this House notes with deep sadness the passing of Gordon Banks OBE; remembers with fondness the greatest save ever in footballing history with the agility he was renowned for; and extends deepest sympathy to the family of Gordon Banksy who was a national treasure and an inte

13 Feb 2019

That this House welcomes the £855,000 grant to Queen's University scientist researcher Dr Helen Coleman by Cancer Research UK to prevent oesophageal cancer and to improve survival rates; thanks Queen's University and Dr Coleman for the ground breaking work already carried out; an

5 Feb 2019