Alex Attwood 'strongly supports' DVLA strike 28 December 2012 Last updated at 15:22 Stormont Environment Minister Alex Attwood has said he "strongly supports" a one-day strike by Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff over job losses in England, Scotland and Wales. "I strongly support the actions of DVLA staff and unions," Mr Attwood said. Petition Over the last 18 months I have argued with the Department for Transport (DfT) in London against closure of the sister Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) office in Coleraine. Indeed only last week I received a further DfT letter from the new minister, Stephen Hammond, agreeing to further discussions on the Coleraine office. I provided a dossier to his predecessor, Mike Penning, making the argument to keep the DVA office in Coleraine and move work to Coleraine. I will keep making the argument. The unions in Britain are right to strike. The PCS union has also delivered a 72,000-signature petition opposing the proposal to close offices to the Department for Transport.