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.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether time spent in prison is excluded from the period of a disqualification from driving, included in a court sentence.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of boats that have made use the of modern boat lock, opened in 2021 beside Stranmillis Weir as part of the Lagan Gateway Project.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the awarding of funding for Together Building a United Community summer good relations projects.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the allocation of funding to the Together Building a United Community, Community Relations Council, to be awarded to voluntary sector groups engaged in good relations projects, for the 2026-27 financial year.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the awarding of Together Building a United Community Central Good Relations funding, for the 20206-27 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment that has been made of whether there is a need for a right turn filter light, for traffic on the Shankill Road, BT13, travelling towards the city centre, at the junction with Northumberland Street.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment that has been made on whether there is a need for a right turn filter light, for traffic on the North Circular Road, Belfast, travelling towards the Antrim Road, at the junction with the Cavehill Road.
Thank you, Minister. For my understanding, would you be comfortable with the idea of a biological male being accommodated on a female prisoner wing and having free association with the female prisoners on that wing, or is that something that you would seek to avoid and rule out?
I rise to speak on the group 9 amendments to the Justice Bill, as we are all doing, on day 7 of our Consideration Stage. The end is in sight. I will comment first on amendment No 96, tabled by DUP members Paul Frew, Maurice Bradley and me. As Paul Frew explained yesterday, the purpose of the amendment is to avoid the…
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, you will be aware that your Department's figures show a 76% increase in agency staff across the Northern Ireland Civil Service in the three years from 2023 to 2026, reaching a total of over 5,250 such staff in January of this year. I know that just under half of those…
I was happy to take that long intervention from the Minister, because I had put a lot of concerns on the record that had been expressed to us. As I have said, we believe in accountability for public funds and good value for money, but we also believe in access to justice and ensuring that people do not find — as has…
As a DUP member of the Committee for Justice, I will comment in particular on amendment No 91 on legal aid and the role of the taxing master. As my colleague Paul Frew MLA said, we had considerable engagement in Committee on that amendment, which proposes new clause 27A as an amendment to the Access to Justice…
I rise as a DUP member of the Committee for Finance. I hope that all parties across the Assembly agree that the funding that we receive from Treasury is not enough to meet our level of need in Northern Ireland. However, there is clearly a difference in what the response to that should be. The SDLP, in its motion,…
The Member is a member of a party that championed the Good Friday Agreement, part of which is the petition of concern. Does the Alliance Party support the existence of the petition of concern only when it is used to protect the interests of the nationalist community and not when it is used to protect the interests of…
FlaggedSectarianism, hate crime and community relationsCriteria met: Identity framing.