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Mrs Deborah Erskine: Assembly records

All of Mrs Deborah Erskine’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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  4. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    Exactly. I am sure that that is not what the Alliance Party wants to see. That would pit two communities against each other.

    Uncertain: close call Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Identity framing.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  7. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for his intervention. He touches on very important points. I have done a very good job of promoting the good community relations that we have in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, but there are areas of the constituency where, as I have pointed out, terrorist flags — republican flags — that I deem to be…

    Flagged Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  9. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    He apologises, although I am sure that he will watch back my contribution. I talked about my constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone, where such issues are resolved through community dialogue and people working together, without even the input of political representatives.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  11. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    Yes, so there are people. There is no SDLP MLA in my constituency, but there are SDLP councillors. I work with all of them across the political divide. The one thing that I will say is that, in the example of Irvinestown that I pointed out, no political representatives were involved in the discussion. That points to…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  15. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    There are a lot of interventions. I am very popular. Mr Frew is right. I said earlier — Hold on a minute. I said earlier that I had a concern that the unionist community and the loyalist community were going to bear the brunt of the legislation. We have just seen clearly from the Member's intervention that that is the…

    Uncertain: close call Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  16. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    Well, I am sorry, but it is a mainly nationalist community and a unionist community, and they had dialogue, spoke to one another and came to an agreement. If they had to go through a portal to do all that, there could be concern and worry about what that might mean for community tensions. Would one be deemed…

    Uncertain: close call Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  17. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I will take you to Fermanagh and South Tyrone any day, where you will see good community relations happening where flags fly. In an intervention earlier, I pointed to Irvinestown, where the Twelfth was happening and there was a GAA club that had done very well. I see my colleague from Fermanagh and South Tyrone…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  18. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for his intervention. He makes an important point. Every year, my local newspaper carries stories about how Union flags will go up in towns and villages in my constituency for the Twelfth or for Ulster Day to celebrate and commemorate events that are important to our cultural identity. Flags and…

    Uncertain: close call Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials Criteria met: Cultural grievance politics.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  19. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    Let me begin by saying something that, I hope, should be uncontroversial in the Chamber: there is a responsibility on all of us to ensure that people can live in Northern Ireland with respect for one another regardless of their nationality or cultural identity. We should oppose intimidation and threats, but I have…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  20. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. I want to touch on her point about community relations, because that is really important. When we look at constituencies such as mine, we see that there have been good working relationships. When the Twelfth demonstration happened in Irvinestown, GAA flags that were up to celebrate a…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  22. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. I will use a flippant example, but it points to some of the issues that may arise. I may not agree with a sporting team's flag. My husband supports a sporting team. However, if somebody puts up a flag in the vicinity and somebody else takes offence to that football team's flag being…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  23. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    The Member touches on a very important point. I have a concern about the word "vicinity" as well, because that is not defined in the legislation. I struggle with this, and I wonder whether it is just an outright ban on flags, because, when you look at clause 2, you see that there are very few places where you can fly…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  25. Debate contribution: Support for Veterans and their Families

    • Ministerial Statement

    I am incredulous at the Infrastructure Minister's providing no support to veterans, especially when it comes to public transport. Do you agree that Ministers need to put their prejudice aside, recognise the importance of the motion that was agreed in the House and support people living in our communities across…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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