Twitter bio: Former MP South Down (2010 -2017); Former MLA & Former Minister & now a Member of the House of Lords
Affiliation: Independent
Join Date: 16 Oct 2019
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
One of the world’s best footballers - #Maradonna from Argentina has passed away. He was an inspiration to a genera… https://t.co/JsmF35eO11
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Obviously Foreign aid to help the poorest countries has suffered at the expense of greater investment in defence.… https://t.co/WetIrly7zt
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
US doesn't want guarded border on Ireland - Biden - BBC News - British Govt take note. GFA must not be sacrificial… https://t.co/kE2uc99R38
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Brexit: NI rural funding could be reduced by £34m - BBC News - Would have been better to remain in the EU. Unfair t… https://t.co/ZOYOKIXyoj
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Urged Cabinet Office Minister 2day to abandon extra territorial reach & immunity from prosecution clauses in the Co… https://t.co/G61DpMWzio
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Raised the need for the devolution settlements to be respected in the Lords today during Report Stage of the Intern… https://t.co/a6YnkB5YAy
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Raised the value of the Land Mobility Scheme in Question Time in the Lords today @JohnMcCallister @BellBarclay
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Congratulations to Cavan GAA Senior Team on winning the Ulster Championship & collecting the Anglo Celt Cup for 2020 @BrendanSmithTD
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Sunak to reform anti-Northern spending bias - BBC News - important that N Ireland is not short changed @ColinSDLP… https://t.co/aSbu9PzFeC
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Strangford Lough at Killyleagh on my walk this afternoon. Calm and serene after the rain @ColinSDLP https://t.co/X8ZXb9hdG9
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Just urged the Minister for Health in the Lords to set up an implementation task force as recommended in Do No Harm… https://t.co/jPvEsIcztY
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Please sign this petition calling for increased national investment into brain tumour research.… https://t.co/F980aCOuit
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Just pressed the Health Minister in the Lords to provide additional funding for brain tumour research & precision m… https://t.co/1611Rv2Mlr
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Spoke to my amendment last nite in Lords 2 protect equality & human rights in N Ireland as part of the challenges o… https://t.co/kBmthlwsS3
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Urged the British Govt this afternoon in the Lords to place the need for an Independent Patient Safety Commissioner… https://t.co/MF8sIi3C6c
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Just raised the need for strong consumer protection regulations to be implemented to prevent scamming & extraction… https://t.co/mhNmW1yZLL
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Brexit: Border controls provide food for thought - BBC News - Raised this issue this week through a topical questio… https://t.co/eRcrWLvfh7
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Welcome the establishment of the Hume Foundation today - John and Pat Hume https://t.co/wbaZhI8wSQ
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
I will be pursuing this issue in the House of Lords https://t.co/dg7IWfEeh8
Margaret Ritchie
@MRitchieSD
Just urged the welfare minister in the Lords for a total review of child welfare policy; that there is a need for C… https://t.co/M7ig0YnP03