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.

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  1. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    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?

    Not flagged

  2. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    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…

    Flagged Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues Criteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.

  3. Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Agency Workers

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    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…

    Not analysed

  4. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    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…

    Not flagged

  5. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    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…

    Not flagged

  6. Debate contribution: Executive Budget

    • Opposition Business

    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,…

    Not flagged

  7. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    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…

    Flagged Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Identity framing.

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