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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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  3. Debate contribution: Bonfire Regulation

    • Private Members' Business

    Does the Member recognise that the culture of traditional bonfires is not simply in the lighting of them but about children and young people who, in the weeks before the bonfire is lit, collect material around their communities, bring it to the site and take pride in looking at the event that they have put on for…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  7. Debate contribution: Bonfire Regulation

    • Private Members' Business

    Does the Member recognise that there is an issue, although I am not saying that this is unreasonable, with developments being built on traditional bonfire sites, creating a problem in those areas where no traditional bonfire site remains? Quite often — some people want this — there may then be a return to smaller…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  9. Debate contribution: Bonfire Regulation

    • Private Members' Business

    Once again, we find ourselves debating culture, tradition and identity, and, once again, Sinn Féin comes forward not with proposals to celebrate diversity but to regulate and restrict the traditions of the unionist community. The motion raises the small number of instances in which regrettable and unacceptable…

    Flagged Parades, bonfires and commemorations Criteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  10. Debate contribution: Prison Absconding: Safeguards

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Minister, it is not enough just to implore others to do more. It is clear that we now have serial absconding from our prisons that is causing confidence issues for the general public and hurt for victims. What are you doing to ensure that it does not happen on a regular basis?

    Not analysed

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  12. Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Capital Investment

    • Ministerial Statements

    I thank the Minister for the challenge and the vision that he has laid out. Many people in my constituency are thankful for his repurposing of Elmgrove Primary School for special needs and for the future plans that there are for Orangefield High School site. When is the first special school in Belfast likely to be…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  13. Member's statement: President Trump: State Visit

    • Members' Statements

    In line with what my colleague Steve Aiken said on the issue yesterday, I give my party's welcome to President Trump as he comes to the United Kingdom for a state visit. The United States is not just another partner but our closest ally and greatest friend. It is right that we honour that relationship. In Northern…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  14. Motion or amendment: Committee Membership

    • Motion · Private Members' Motion

    Committee Membership That Mr Phillip Brett replace Mr Harry Harvey as a member of the Committee for the Executive Office; that Mrs Pam Cameron replace Mr Brian Kingston as a member of the Committee for the Executive Office; that Mr Brian Kingston replace Mr Stephen Dunne as a member of the Committee for Justice; that…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  15. Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Football Fund: Performance Programme

    • Ministerial Statement

    Glentoran Football Club in my constituency is very thankful to progress, thanks to the opportunity that the Minister's programme offers. I see that Michelle O'Neill now has a new-found interest in more investment in local football. How is it that the Minister has succeeded in bringing forward that investment where…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  16. Debate contribution: School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The Member's speech is largely about amendments that, he is annoyed, were not selected. It is completely outside the scope of what we are supposed to be talking about, on which you want to be consistent.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  17. Debate contribution: School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. You have made a ruling that we should speak on only the amendments that have been tabled. The Member is diverting from that. Will you make a ruling on that?

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  18. Debate contribution: School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    Does the Member recognise — I am sure that he does — that that reflects some of the complexities that were put to us in Committee? Sometimes, things sound simple to the general public and may make for a good social media post for all Members in the Chamber, including me, in which we say, "This is what we have done.…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  20. Debate contribution: School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I agree with the Member's concern for the autonomy of our schools. I listened to the schoolchild who came in to speak to us. She spoke very well, and I shared some of Pat's concerns that day that perhaps that particular school was overzealous around some aspects of the uniform, and I expressed those concerns,…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  22. Debate contribution: Men’s Health Strategy

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for his answer. The question comes on the back of some positive collaborative work being done in my constituency by a group of men's social and health groups in our community that come together through the East Belfast Community Development Agency (EBCDA). In light of the concerns that the…

    Not analysed

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  23. Debate contribution: School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    The legislation should not greatly divide the House. There were several times during the Bill's Committee Stage when some were distracted from the Bill's original intent and the core promise that we and a number of other parties in the House laid out as our overriding aim: to bring down the cost of school uniforms for…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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