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MLA Culture Wars

Mr David Brooks: Assembly records

All of Mr David Brooks’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: Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran

    • Private Members' Business

    No, I will not. I watched the parade just across from the memorial to those who lost their lives in the Bayardo Bar bomb attack. The families who lost loved ones in those two tragedies might ask what business Sinn Féin, which continues to lionise those who murdered men, women and children, has feigning some respect…

    Flagged Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) Criteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  2. Debate contribution: Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran

    • Private Members' Business

    At the outset, I declare my previously registered visit to Israel through the Israeli embassy in London. The text of the motion is dripping in Sinn Féin's sanctimonious hypocrisy to which we have become far too desensitised in the Chamber. It is a party that has had a private army, which bombed, murdered and maimed in…

    Flagged Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  3. Debate contribution: Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran

    • Private Members' Business

    What the action certainly has done is degrade Iran's ability to strike other countries in the region. It has taken out around 80% of Iran's missile launch pads and degraded its ability to enrich uranium above 60%, which is not needed at a civil level. There are many ways in which it has made Iran a much lesser threat…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  5. Debate contribution: Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran

    • Private Members' Business

    The Member engages in humanitarian causes across the world, and I understand that she has a passion for that. Has she not seen, as I have, the thousands of people on the streets of Iran and across the world celebrating the death of the ayatollah? Has she not seen what it meant to them and the freedom that, they hope,…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  8. Written question AQW 42558/22-27

    • Department of Health

    To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of outpatient appointments that were cancelled at short notice due to the unavailability or cancellation of patient transport provided by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  10. Debate contribution: Social Housing Targets

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for his answer. I also thank him for everything that he is doing to address housing need. I can only hope that other Ministers live up to the promises that their parties like to make in relation to addressing social housing need, so let us see them put their money where their mouth is. How much…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  11. Debate contribution: Public Petition: Protection of Christianity and Christian Ethos in our Schools

    • Assembly Business

    Today, I present a public petition on behalf of Zuzana Revayova of CitizenGo. It had been signed by over 68,000 people from across Northern Ireland and beyond when it was given to me, and it is now nearing 100,000 signatures online. The petition expresses deep concern about the future place of Christianity and the…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  12. Member's statement: Israel: 7 October 2023 Attacks

    • Members' Statements

    Yesterday, this place marked European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism, which takes place tomorrow. I was unable to attend the event, but I take this opportunity to say that I stand in solidarity with the innocent victims represented yesterday and, in particular, with those who still await justice. Speaking of…

    Flagged Decided on a second assessment. Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers Criteria met: Identity framing.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  13. Motion or amendment: SEN Reform and Classroom Assistant Provision - Amendment 1

    • Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “SEN Reform and Classroom Assistant Provision”

    SEN Reform and Classroom Assistant Provision - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘well-being across our education system’ and insert: ‘;expresses concern that with more than 12,500 special educational needs (SEN) classroom assistants already employed, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit, as well as retain,…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  14. Debate contribution: Day Centre Transport Services: East Belfast

    • Adjournment

    I thank the Minister for giving way. We all appreciate the scale of the challenge that he faces in delivering services within budget, and he clearly has a grasp on the key issues. I am glad to hear about the ongoing recruitment, but I fear that it is a false economy and that you are bringing people in through…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  16. Debate contribution: Day Centre Transport Services: East Belfast

    • Adjournment

    Like others, I thank my party colleague Joanne Bunting for securing the Adjournment debate. She articulated well the issues and what Edgcumbe means to the families who use the service. While I appreciate that the context for the debate is the wider issue of day-care centres in East Belfast, my office has been…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  18. Debate contribution: Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

    • Private Members' Business

    I attempted to intervene some way back, when I was going to say that the Member may not realise that I am a unionist. She talks about opportunities: this is also an opportunity for us all to get behind defending Europe from its key threats. Will she join us in that?

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  21. Debate contribution: Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

    • Private Members' Business

    In this fairly generic motion, we have an attempt to tick the box of noting the Irish presidency loaded with buzzwords and sectors, with the SDLP trademark of a new Ireland in the EU bolted on, because, sure, why not? Even Alliance has seen through that aspect of the motion. In these troubled times, however, Europe is…

    Flagged Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  22. Debate contribution: Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

    • Private Members' Business

    The Member is right to say that these things do not have to be theoretical and that they can be very practical. There is probably nothing more practical than that that is the focus in the European Union at the minute: the military defence of Europe. Will he speak about how he feels an Irish presidency will contribute…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  24. Debate contribution: Middle East: Escalating Conflict Involving Iran and the Implications for the United Kingdom

    • Matter of the Day

    The past day or two may prove a defining moment in world history, a moment when the forces of tyranny and terror are again confronted head-on by those who still believe in freedom and security. Nobody on these Benches will cry any tears for Ayatollah Khamenei. In recent days, the United States and Israel have rightly…

    Flagged Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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