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Mr Doug Beattie MC: Assembly records
All of Mr Doug Beattie MC’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) to detail the reasons for the imbalance between the sexes of those who have applied for and been awarded legal aid in 2024-25; and (ii) whether these differences translate in civil and criminal cases.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any actions she will take to address the increase of those who feel paramilitary groups create fear and intimidation in their local area.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she will take to stem the percentage decrease of young people who feel protected by the law and justice system, in their local area.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the level of fraud and error found in the 2024-25 legal aid budget; and (i) the amount that has been recovered.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of early guilty pleas for sexual offences, registered prior to arraignment; (ii) the number of late guilty pleas registered for the same offences; and (ii) the total number of not guilty pleas, over the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline any targeted reforms being prioritised to improve fiscal sustainability, while protecting frontline services such as health and justice.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the reoffending rates of (i) adult; and (ii) youth, offenders beyond the one-year observation period, over the last two years.
I thank the Minister for his answer. GenderGP, which is based in Singapore, is promoting alternatives to puberty blockers online that may well be harmful to very vulnerable individuals without a GP's prescription. Is there anything that the Department of Health can do in collaboration with others in order to address…
First, I welcome the fact that the Minister and his Department have accepted the 21 recommendations in full. Does the Minister have further information on potentially offering families access to approaches that are less invasive than a post-mortem?
Mr Beattie asked the Minister of Health whether his Department has carried out any assessment of the use of potentially harmful alternative medical drugs, which are not covered by the puberty blocker ban, to suppress the effects of puberty.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) to outline the processes for removing someone’s liberty for safeguarding reasons if they are deemed not competent due to mental health reasons; and (i) whether the process is (a) ECHR Article 14; and (b) ECHR Article 7 compliant.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 31355 22-27, to detail (i) the three areas of good practice; (i) the three areas deemed as weaknesses; and (ii) given that parole reports are based on finding from pre-release testing, why the Parole Commission was not kept informed of the reviews outcome.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to outline the processes for removing someone’s liberty for safeguarding reasons if they are deemed not competent due to mental health reasons; and (i) whether the process is (a) ECHR Article 14; and (b) ECHR Article 7 compliant.
To ask the Minister of Education to outline a timeline of the planning meetings (i) organised; or (ii) attended by (a) his officials; (b) or members of the Education Authority, in relation to Storm Amy
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Failure to Transform the Criminal Justice System”
Failure to Transform the Criminal Justice System - Amendment 2 After ‘impact this has on victims and’ insert: ‘witnesses who are not kept informed about the progress and issues surrounding their case pre and post-trial thus affecting’
Definition of a Victim That this Assembly acknowledges that the definition of a victim, as laid out in the Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, is unique in respect of services provided by the Victims and Survivors Service; accepts that the widely used definition of a victim remains extant in Northern…
To ask the Minister of Justice, of the cases of non-fatal strangulation brought before the courts, detail (i) the number that were heard before (a) the Crown Court; and (b) a Magistrate Court; and (ii) the comparable average sentences between the Crown Court and Magistrates Court.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number outstanding warrants for individuals who were under the supervision of the Northern Ireland Probation Board.