Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Post Office and Horizon Software
"The hon. Member for Telford made it absolutely clear that the Post Office and the authorities should hang their heads in shame about how they acted.
Before I became a Member of Parliament, I worked on a campaign with the Criminal Cases Review Commission. It was a murder conviction of …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Post Office and Horizon Software
"The hon. Member and I are on the same page. This has got to be sorted out and a payment has got to be made. Ultimately, the right person and the right corporation have to be held responsible and accountable for their actions. If individuals have done even some of …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 23 Jan 2020
Assisted Dying Law
"I should declare that my daughter is an end-of-life nurse at the Marie Curie hospice in Belfast and my wife is a volunteer fundraiser for that organisation.
We will each have experience of a friend or dear loved one facing the end of life. Each of us can recount circumstances, …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 23 Jan 2020
Assisted Dying Law
"Would what the hon. Gentleman is describing take place if more resources were put into palliative care? If that happened, precedence would be given to the care, expectation, love and compassion that Members so desperately want to see, not just for themselves but for their loved ones and their families...."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 23 Jan 2020
Assisted Dying Law
"Is it not the case that there are about 150 of those type of cases, but that only three are actually being prosecuted for the sinister motive that could lie behind some of them?..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jan 2020
Holocaust Memorial Day
"My hon. Friend will know that some 41,000 schoolchildren from across the United Kingdom have availed themselves of the informative “Lessons from Auschwitz” programme, which in the past three years has been extended to Northern Ireland, where hundreds of schoolchildren have been able to get involved. Does he agree it …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Holocaust Memorial Day
"The opening speech by the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin) in this important debate was powerful, moving and appropriate. He is not only a colleague in this place but a friend, and he really did set the tone for all the speeches that followed. This has been an …..."Ian Paisley - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 24th January 2018
Asked by:
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will support local authorities to hold memorial events for Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The Department funds the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust which provides resources to local authorities to support local Holocaust Memorial Day events. In 2017 there were 7,700 local Holocaust Memorial Day events across the country many of them were hosted by local authorities. We are expecting the same this year but will not have the total numbers until after Holocaust Memorial Day.
Written Question
Wednesday 24th January 2018
Asked by:
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The Department hosted in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Wednesday 17 January for staff. We were honoured to hear the testimony of Holocaust survivor Janine Webber and two Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassadors Jack Pepper from the Glyn School and Chloe Smith from Furze Platt Senior School.
Written Question
Wednesday 24th January 2018
Asked by:
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of antisemitism and Holocaust denial; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
We work closely with the Community Security Trust, the Police and the Home Office to tackle antisemitic incidents, which have no place in our communities.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government hosts the Antisemitism Working Group which brings together community representatives and officials from across Government to ensure a coordinated response to antisemitism, whether at home, abroad or online.
The UK was also the first country in the world to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of Antisemitism which is a useful tool in understanding how Antisemitism manifests itself in the 21st century.