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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.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the work her Department is carrying out to ensure universities and further education colleges work together to offer qualifications that are not competitive but complementary to each other.
To ask the Minister of Justice what action is being taken to improve communications with users of the justice system to (i) guide them through the process; and (ii) to keep them updated on their cases.
Like my colleagues, I speak today in support of Castlereagh campus, its staff, students and people in the local community, all of whom are dismayed by the proposal to close the site. Any such closure would be, as my colleague said, regressive and a denial of opportunity to the community that it serves. It would also…
I declare an interest in that I have a close relative who works in Spirit Aerosystems, which I may refer to. The Member who spoke previously shows concern around the British Government being unionist in their outlook. Does she show the same concern when the Irish Government work towards a united Ireland? That is not a…
To ask the Minister of Health, given that Health and Social Care staff that receive Universal Credit will lose out of two month’s benefit payments if the 5 per cent pay rise and the one-off non-consolidated payment are split, whether he will ensure that staff on Universal Credit receive one payment.
Does the Minister agree that a way has to be found to prioritise those patients who are trying to reach their GP? I recently had contact from a constituent who found a lump. She complained to me that when she finally got through, she was told that she should go and talk to her local councillors and politicians about…
Does the Member agree with me that, given the broad range of ministerial statements on a number of important issues, it is regrettable that the Minister did not bring this issue to the Assembly via a written or oral ministerial statement?
I commend the Minister on his statement, which addresses an ever-growing need within our communities. Can he give any further detail about who is eligible and what the exact criteria are?
This is the Rwanda issue. The DUP has long warned about how the law will apply in Northern Ireland. It is imperative that immigration policy apply equally across every part of the United Kingdom. We, as unionists, are clear that our national Parliament should have the ability to make decisions on immigration that are…
The deputy First Minister may be aware that, in the past week or two, the Committee has experienced some pushback from Departments on issues that are technically reserved matters but for which the expertise in this place and in Northern Ireland sits with Departments. I am sure that she will agree with me that it is in…
Mr Brooks asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the consideration that the Executive are giving to ensuring that all Departments are properly prepared and resourced to provide the necessary advice to the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee to allow it to undertake its role.
Does the Member agree that it has been inappropriate in the past but that it would be even more grotesque in the future should parties in the Chamber choose to indulge in relationships with Hamas, see Hamas speak at their events and so on, as Sinn Féin has done in the past?
Uncertain: close callLegacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.
Does the deputy First Minister have any insight to share into what will be discussed at future meetings of the Council? Will education form part of those discussions?
I thank Mr O'Toole for giving way. He speaks in a very conciliatory way, but does he agree that his party, Sinn Féin and Alliance combined in Belfast City Hall to ensure a policy around the Irish language. Some 15% in each street had to be reached — just 15% — before it could be imposed on a street. Does he understand…
QualifyingIrish language, Ulster-Scots and language policyCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.