Jim Shannon - Contributions

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party
Commons, Strangford (2010 - present)

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Woolwich Barracks

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

I declare an interest as a former member of the Royal Artillery and having done my training at Woolwich barracks for two weeks before I joined the Territorial Army. I remember the importance of not only the camp but the museum. We have lost the museum, un...

Christmas Adjournment

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

Did Arsenal win anything?

Christmas Adjournment

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. As he knows, I think the same about him, and we have a mutual understanding in relation both to our service in Northern Ireland, in uniform, and to our service in the House. I wish all right hon. and hon...

Christmas Adjournment

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which I greatly appreciate. People may raise their eyebrows when I highlight individual cases in this place, but it is because I believe in trying to make a difference where I can. There is time for eac...

Christmas Adjournment

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

It is always a real pleasure to follow the gallant gentleman, the hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart). I wholeheartedly support his comments, and those of the hon. Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke (Jack Lopresti); I think they resonate with everyon...

Sky: 21st Century Fox Takeover Bid

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

Does the Secretary of State agree that allowing the takeover might put pressure on, or take away, the diversity of our press? Is it the Government’s or the Secretary of State’s intention to ensure that we have a free press, not controlled by one person or...

Antimicrobial Resistance

Commons Chamber on 20 December 201620/12/2016

20. Given that 480,000 people develop multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis each year and that drug resistance is starting to complicate the fight against HIV and malaria, what steps has the Secretary of State taken to increase awareness in GP surgeries and...

UK Nationals Imprisoned Abroad

Westminster Hall on 20 December 201620/12/2016

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) on securing it. The Library background information shows that he has done a lot of extremely good work for the gentleman in questi...

Exiting the EU: Science and Research

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

May I invite the Minister to visit Queen’s University Belfast? That would encourage people there, it would be a chance to show businesses what we are doing and it would allow the partnerships at Queen’s University to grow even more.

Exiting the EU: Science and Research

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

I am very pleased to be able to speak in this debate. As a health spokesperson, I take a great interest in medical research and I am intensely proud of our universities in Northern Ireland, which are top in their field of medical research. I am also very...

Exiting the EU: Science and Research

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

I’m one.

Yemen

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

May I, too, welcome the Minister’s statement? When I was on the Defence Committee, we, along with the Chairman, who is sitting here as well, attended a joint meeting of the Committees on Arms Export Controls, which some of the Ministers here were at as we...

European Council 2016

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

I commend the Prime Minister for her solid and strong stance on Brexit. However, 27 EU members met without her being in attendance. Is this the beginning of a cloak and dagger approach by the EU? What steps are being taken to ensure that we are not kept i...

Apprenticeships

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201619/12/2016

The apprenticeship scheme must be and should be better publicised both in high schools and, I suggest, in primary schools to encourage those who do not feel comfortable in academia to understand that other options are available. Will the Minister specify...

Trading Opportunities Abroad

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

Expanding UK global trade will mean that we need better connectivity within the UK. With that in mind, does the Minister agree that expanding Heathrow and adding more flights from Northern Ireland will enable more of our exporters in Northern Ireland to r...

British Film Industry

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

Northern Ireland’s film commission, Northern Ireland Screen, has invested some £14 million in the US cable network to enable “Game of Thrones” to be delivered, and some £115 million has come back into the economy of Northern Ireland as a result. Industry-...

Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

Commons Chamber on 14 December 201614/12/2016

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way in a speech on an important issue. Does she agree that the Government’s social responsibility does not lie simply in assessing how much GDP goes on benefits? It should be a living, breathing policy that takes account o...

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

Commons Chamber on 14 December 201614/12/2016

It is important that the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) knows that everyone in the House stands with her. The Minister will say that at the end, but it is important that hon. Lady knows that we stand shoulder to shoulder with her. I c...

Exiting the EU: Scotland

Westminster Hall on 14 December 201614/12/2016

I should put on record the fact that although the majority of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain, in my constituency the majority voted to leave. Nevertheless, throughout Northern Ireland many people who were in the remain camp now accept that the...

Exiting the EU: Scotland

Westminster Hall on 14 December 201614/12/2016

I spoke to the hon. Gentleman beforehand to ask whether I could make an intervention. The Scottish fishing sector, like the Northern Ireland fishing sector, voted almost unanimously to leave the EU. It is fed up with the EU telling it what to do, with red...

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