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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
They are overwhelmed, and the Bill would mean that they would be even more overwhelmed. For example, any of us in Belfast who have asked for speed bumps for areas will know that there is a list of hundreds of streets that want them. I think that, on average, one street gets done every year. Just because there is a…
The Member has spoken eloquently about the Bill. She has given a number of reasons for why she feels that it is not the right vehicle, yet she has said that she will abstain. I understand the wish to be balanced, but I encourage her to have the courage of her convictions, even though her reasons may differ from mine,…
I thank the Member for giving way. I listened to the Member for East Antrim's point, but is that not an example of what I mentioned on a previous day of the debate, which was "Sir Humphrey" syndrome, whereby people say, "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do it"? That is not the way to…
I thank the Member for giving way. Clearly, he comes from a different political ideology from mine. The one thing that strikes me is that he is fairly vociferous in putting a lot of the things that he has said here tonight at many points throughout his time in the Chamber when I have been here for teachers across the…
I do not plan to speak for long, but I reiterate our position, which has been articulated by the Chair in brief. I recognise the pressures that have been outlined by the Chair, but our view has been clear and was expressed during Committee. Whilst we understand and recognise the pressures faced by the Irish language…
The Member seems to have a problem with the fact that we are not opposing any of the amendments, but the clarity that I was giving him on our position is clarity that was sought by his colleague in front of him when she questioned the Chair. I was giving the position that Members on the Sinn Féin Benches were asking…
The Minister's position on this is on the record, and it is the same position as I have expressed. The only thing that I will say in response to the Member's comments about COVID is that that was an emergency response. Many things were done during COVID without scrutiny and without proper consideration, as happens…
The Member said that the vehicle does not matter. Does the Member agree that it is important that we identify which Department is responsible for a particular area and that that Department is seen to fund it and deal with it? We could otherwise have a situation in which Education, which is already under £600 million…
I will take the opportunity to respond to some of the things that have been said. The issues that he mentioned previously have direct relevance to children in schools. This is a holiday hunger payment, essentially. The issues in the evidence that he is talking about are addressed, and can be addressed, through a…
Our position on the Bill is as it was previously. I spoke to the Chair about this earlier, and I can tell the House that we do not intend to divide on the amendments, but I will give voice to our concerns about the Bill in general. As I said earlier, nobody stands for office to see anyone, much less children, go…
I confirm that the Chair is correct, and I thank him for articulating the point for us. I will come to it when I speak later, but we all agree that nobody wants any child to go hungry. It would be silly to try to make out that that was the position of any party or Member in the Chamber. It is, however, proper and…
If my recollection is correct, we wrote to the Executive Office, as I proposed, to ask whether the Executive were prepared to look at the issue in a cross-departmental way. The response was, essentially, that they were not.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any requirements his Department places on waste operators to identify, isolate and safely store lithium-ion batteries that arrive mixed with scrap metal and end-of-life vehicles.
I thank the Member for giving way. I think that we are going to be here until 10.30 pm regardless of whether he or other Members speak. The Member spoke about faith practices and quackery. Frankly, I have not heard any Member on these Benches — I have not been here for the whole debate, but I have been listening…
I thank the Member for giving way. I realise that I am drawing him back a little here, but Mr Buckley gave an example earlier about someone who has transitioned but changes their mind and seeks to detransition in that regard. We talked about how someone might risk prosecution by talking to that person and saying,…
In a lot of those situations, the people who are giving counselling on that matter and supplying such drugs have based themselves in places such as Singapore and are therefore out of the reach of the UK justice system and outside of UK control and regulation. Is it right that such people can insidiously influence our…