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.
It is a genuine question, and it probably comes out of some of the discussions that have been taking place this week. It is something that I have not grasped yet. What exactly is it about the ethos of integrated schools that is explicitly different from our other schools? Often, when you ask the question, you…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the second time. With constrained speaking times today, the Chair of the Education Committee and other colleagues from the Committee may wonder whether I will get past the preamble in the debate. In the context of the debate, although the term "RSE" often invokes passionate…
Sports clubs in my constituency are looking forward to potentially having their grounds redeveloped and improved. Will the Minister give an update on the Northern Ireland Football Fund (NIFF)?
Some Members want to put up quite the defence that says that 3% is a reasonable number of pupils from a minority community in an integrated school. Does the Minister agree that, if we were to abandon the test of reasonable numbers entirely, some would say that it would become difficult to identify why exactly the…
I thank the Minister for the vision that he outlined today. I know that this is a top priority for him in his role. What parents really want from any reforms is their children to get the correct and proper support that they require. The Minister touched on this, but, to allow him the opportunity to hone in on it more…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Relationships and Sexuality Education and Healthy Young Adult Relationships”
Relationships and Sexuality Education and Healthy Young Adult Relationships - Amendment 1 Leave out all after the first ‘report’ and insert: ‘particularly concerns around RSE and understanding of coercive control; calls on the Minister of Education, in keeping with commitments flowing from the Executive’s Ending…
Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers That this Assembly welcomes the £50 million earmarked for early years and childcare in the Executive’s Draft Budget for 2025-2026; highlights the positive impact of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme towards alleviating financial pressure on thousands of families…
The reason why you hear about things such as pet food is because that is the business of the issue. That is what the Democratic Scrutiny Committee is having to look at and deal with weekly. Those are the issues that this throws up. I thought that maybe, as a fellow Brexiteer, you would want to see the full realisation…
Thanks to the comprehensiveness of my two colleagues who have spoken, I suspect that my speech might be only about two thirds the length of Jonny Buckley's contribution. I suspect that I will also go over some of the same stuff, but, whilst I have the list of issues that was read out earlier, the Chamber can be…
I am well aware that there are businesses in East Belfast looking into wind turbines and so on. I do not think that Harland and Wolff's previous venture into that space was particularly successful. Nevertheless, far more businesses in East Belfast rely on our biggest market, which is GB. Unfortunately, when you talk…
Does the Member accept that the protocol and the framework are the result of his and other Members' attempts to thwart democracy and not to honour the referendum, rather than of Brexit? Brexit has been achieved in other parts of the United Kingdom but has not been delivered here, largely because of the lobbying of…
I associate myself with the Minister's thanks to the staff for their work. My colleague Joanne Bunting has been engaging with his Department to try to have a meeting about future plans to protect the houses in Dundonald. I ask the Minister to encourage officials to arrange a meeting so that we can discuss what we can…
I welcome the Minister's statement and his vision for housing supply through the strategy. I share the hope of my colleague Joanne Bunting that it will deliver for East Belfast. Does the Minister believe that renewed effort from the housing associations will be key to delivering the outcomes of the strategy?
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of pensioner households that are expected to receive the £100 fuel payment in the East Belfast constituency.
I thank the Minister for the statement, which delivers on some of the commitments that he made when he gave us his vision early in his tenure. I know that many schools in my constituency, some of which he has visited, will be excited at the prospect of investment in pitches and outdoor facilities. In the modern era of…
I will raise awareness of a campaign by the rugby player Kevin Sinfield, who was famously a friend of Rob Burrow, who died of MND. Kevin has since campaigned very well to raise money for the cause. Tomorrow sees his campaign — 2024's 7 in 7 in 7 challenge — come to Belfast, as he continues his inspiring efforts to…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the recent flooding in Park Avenue, Dundonald, for an update on any work his Department has carried out to establish the cause and a permanent solution.
I thank the Minister for his visit to Park Avenue in Dundonald earlier today. As a private renter, I understand the anxiety that it causes renters. Will the Minister give his assessment of the no-fault eviction ban that has been in place in Scotland?