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Mrs Diane Dodds: Assembly records

All of Mrs Diane Dodds’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.

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  1. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I now declare that I need to make some progress on the Bill. The Member talks about clause 7, which is a particularly difficult clause for counsellors, therapists, parents of faith, pastors and teachers. Faith is about embracing faith, but it is also about directional living. It is very difficult to see how, in…

    Qualifying Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging. Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  2. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    That is absolutely correct. As I said, clause 2(1)(b) states: "if ... the person has the intent" — how is that to be measured? — "of changing or suppressing the sexual orientation or gender identity". Again, how is that to be measured? How do we measure "fear", "alarm" and "distress"? It is important that we know the…

    Qualifying Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging. Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  3. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    No. Sorry, I was going to sit down, but no. Further commentary on the Bill is provided by the Women's Rights Network. The Women's Rights Network is well known for its views on safe spaces for women and on the fact that sex is immutable and unchangeable, so I am a woman and will always be one. That is important to…

    Qualifying Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging. Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  4. Member's statement: Puberty Blockers: Pause of Trial

    • Members' Statements

    Children in the United Kingdom are safer this Monday afternoon since the UK medicine authority expressed concern about the long-term impact of puberty blockers and paused the King's College trial. Let us remind ourselves who those children are in Northern Ireland. Hilary Cass describes them as vulnerable young people…

    Qualifying Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging. Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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