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Mr Andy Allen MBE: Assembly records
All of Mr Andy Allen MBE’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps her Department is taking to support local high street businesses, including measures to (i) boost footfall; (ii) improve resilience; and (iii) support long-term sustainability.
In several of her answers, the Minister referred to the need to deliver active travel safely. What recent steps has the Department taken to ensure that active travel is delivered in a way that is safe for all members of our society, including those with a disability, so that we do not see a repeat of examples such as…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Indeed, it is welcome progress. The Minister has highlighted that it is a positive step for inclusion and equality. In that context, Minister, what engagement have you or your officials had with the Department for Communities on how we can go further and ensure that wider society…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister for Infrastructure on updating legislation to tackle inconsiderate pavement parking. [R]
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline any assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of amendments to Building Regulations introduced in 2022 in relation to Changing Places Toilets. [R]
I, too, declare an interest as a member of the disabled community. Minister, I thank you for getting the strategy to this point. However, many in the disabled community have highlighted to me the fact that the previous iteration of the strategy, 2012-15, which was extended to 2017, did not deliver the tangible…
I thank the Communities Minister for his answer. Minister, the question refers to tackling fuel poverty, so will you elaborate on the analysis that the Department has done of how those initiatives have driven down fuel poverty?
I declare an interest as a military veteran. I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. What further steps are available to the Executive to oversee governance and accountability and to make sure that, where disadvantage arises, it is tackled and addressed head-on?
Mr Allen asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, further to the motion on support for our armed forces community that the House passed on 4 November, what steps the Executive Office has taken, particularly on the armed forces covenant, to implement the Armed Forces Act 2021.
I do not have all the information to hand, but 52 members of staff are trained in first aid. The use of defibrillators does not require first aid training but is covered in the first aid training. The Assembly Commission will continually keep that under review. The Assembly Commission regularly — yearly, I believe —…
The Assembly Commission currently has five defibrillators, all of which were registered with the British Heart Foundation’s national defibrillator network, The Circuit, on 19 September 2025. The devices are routinely checked and maintained to ensure that they are always ready for use.
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I thank the Member for his follow-up question. Indeed, the purpose of the drill was exactly for the reason that he outlined: there were those who are frequently in the Building but may not have participated in a drill previously. Several issues — I appreciate that the Member raised some —…
I thank the Member for his question. The Assembly Commission conducted a planned fire drill on Monday 29 September 2025. Building users evacuated the Building between 11.00 am and 11.09 am. All Building users were back in the Building by 11.16 am. While the drill was successful overall, as with every such exercise, a…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Does the Minister envisage that, with his current budget envelope, he will be in a position to provide further capital funding to allow that fund to reach more of the groups that are providing impactful work in communities daily?
Mr Allen asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what engagement he has had in recent times with the Minister for Communities regarding the community infrastructure fund.
Would the First Minister like to take this opportunity to encourage anyone in her party or otherwise to come forward with any information that they may have that may assist the police in their further investigations?
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline the policies implemented by his Department to tackle fuel poverty in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 34733/22–27, to detail the legislative provisions under which the PSNI operate when determining whether a vehicle, including one parked with two wheels on the pavement, is causing an obstruction. [R]
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has issued guidance to opticians and dental practices on the operation of the the Health and Social Care (Exemptions from Charges, Payments and Remission of Charges) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025, including the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) how patients will be required to evidence entitlement under the Health and Social Care (Exemptions from Charges, Payments and Remission of Charges) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025; (ii) any support that will be available for…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) when the recently announced inconsiderate pavement parking legislation will be implemented; and (ii) her assessment on whether the legislation will effectively tackle all forms of pavement parking, including vehicles parked with two wheels on the pavement. [R]
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the options she considered to address obstructive pavement parking, including vehicles parked partially on the pavement, prior to announcing the recently proposed legislation; and (ii) the rationale for the approach she opted for. [R]
In his earlier remarks, the Minister highlighted the increase in the threshold from £15,000 to £15,390 for those in receipt of universal credit. Will he inform the House how he arrived at that increase?