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Mr Brian Kingston: Assembly records

All of Mr Brian Kingston’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.

838 records match, page 24 of 34.

  1. Debate contribution: The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

    • Executive Committee Business

    As a DUP member of the Committee for Communities, I welcome the regulations. They were passed unanimously at the Committee and are now expected to pass in the Assembly. As the Minister said, the inflationary increase in the levels of compensation will maintain parity with the levels set in the rest of the United…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  2. Motion or amendment: Delivering an Irish Language Strategy (revised wording) - Amendment 2

    • Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Delivering an Irish Language Strategy (revised wording)”

    Delivering an Irish Language Strategy (revised wording) - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘importance of the Irish language’ and insert: ‘, as well as the Ulster-Scots language, heritage and culture; recognises the vibrancy and growth of these languages in music, education and film; commends, for example, all those…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  4. Debate contribution: Sign Language Bill: Extension of Committee Stage

    • Committee Business

    I will speak briefly in support of the request from the Committee Chairman. Indeed, this had unanimous support at Committee, and we are keen that we are all learning, through this process, to ensure that there is maximum engagement with members of the deaf community, and we wish to provide the opportunity, through BSL…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  5. Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Transport

    • Ministerial Statements

    The Minister reported that the Council welcomed progress on the implementation of commitments in the New Decade, New Approach agreement. Did that include any update on the Yorkgate interchange in north Belfast, which is an NDNA commitment? If it was not raised, can the Minister confirm that she is committed to…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  6. Debate contribution: Paramilitary Groups: Transition from Violence and Crime

    • Private Members' Business

    I will come on to engagement with paramilitary-linked groups later. When we look back at the past conduct of the Alliance Party, you may say that it was done for the right reasons, but others will see hypocrisy in your position now. Let me be clear: paramilitaries have no place in our society. The Democratic Unionist…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  8. Debate contribution: Paramilitary Groups: Transition from Violence and Crime

    • Private Members' Business

    The Democratic Unionist Party recognises that political parties in the Assembly, Departments and, in particular, the criminal justice system all have a collective responsibility to challenge robustly the existence of paramilitary organisations. It remains our position that, where there is evidence that any individual…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  10. Debate contribution: Communities

    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer

    The court's ruling last week was that, while the anti-poverty strategy is an outstanding commitment of the Executive as a whole, no individual Minister was in breach of their duty in the matter. Can the Minister confirm that Gordon Lyons, the current Minister for Communities, has stated repeatedly that he and his…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  11. Debate contribution: Belfast Inclusion Health Service

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer. As he may be aware, the all-party group on homelessness met nurses from the inclusion health service two weeks ago and heard about their important work with the homeless and vulnerable people who are not registered with a GP. The Minister has covered all the points…

    Not analysed

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  12. Debate contribution: Public-sector Transformation

    • Ministerial Statement

    I welcome the allocations for the important matter of public-sector transformation. I also welcome the fact that the transformation board secretariat will have a role in monitoring and reporting on progress. Is the Minister confident that these will not be just five-year projects but will result in genuine savings and…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  13. Debate contribution: Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill: Final Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill to us at Final Stage. I agree with the Chair of the Committee that we had a good engagement with the Members of the Youth Assembly, who understood that, if an employee typically contributes 5% to their pension pot, their employer will add another 3%, so there will be…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  14. Debate contribution: Programme for Government 2024-27

    • Executive Committee Business

    I will speak as a DUP member of the Committee for the Executive Office and the Committee for Communities. I warmly welcome the publication of the Programme for Government. I acknowledge the work that has gone into it across the four-party Executive and add my thanks, in particular, to all those who submitted responses…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  17. Debate contribution: US Visit: St Patrick’s Day

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    The First Minister is aware, given her previous answer, of the series of events that take place in Washington DC in the week of St Patrick's Day, in addition to the shamrock ceremony in the White House. All of those events provide excellent opportunities to promote the interests of people in Northern Ireland. Does the…

    Not analysed

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  19. Debate contribution: Ageing Population: Strategic Plan

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for East Londonderry Claire Sugden for tabling the motion, which recognises the changing demographics for age in Northern Ireland and the need to plan accordingly. The increase in average life expectancy across the United Kingdom is a great achievement. It was 46 years of age when my late granny was…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  20. Debate contribution: Belfast Rapid Transit Phase 2 — BRT2 — Project

    • Ministerial Statement

    Regrettably, that was an underwhelming statement about BRT2 in north Belfast. Given that it does not even commit to extending into Glengormley, it calls into question the political decision to select the Antrim Road over the Shore Road corridor. At that time, others and I pointed out that the Shore Road has the…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  22. Debate contribution: New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland

    • Private Members' Business

    I speak as a DUP member of the Committee for Communities. The availability and quality of all types of housing are major causes of concern and debate among the Committee members. We wish to see the regulated provision of quality housing in the private rented sector, including good protections for tenancies and a model…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  23. Member's statement: Private James Cummings and Private Fred Starrett

    • Members' Statements

    I rise to pay tribute to UDR privates James Cummings and Fred Starrett who, on this date 37 years ago, while performing their duty to protect life and property in Belfast city centre as soldiers in the Ulster Defence Regiment, were murdered by the IRA. In the late evening of that day, 24 February 1988, Cummings and…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  24. Motion or amendment: Delivering a New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland - Amendment 3

    • Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Delivering a New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland”

    Delivering a New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘safe;' and insert: ‘welcomes work undertaken by the Minister for Communities to improve, and mandate, electrical and fire safety in private rental properties; endorses plans to introduce much longer notice to quit periods,…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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