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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of staff in his Department who are dealing with equestrian affairs; and (ii) whether there are any plans to expand this workforce.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of the financial situation of the Northern Ireland Horse Board, including its ongoing operational stability.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any measures his Department plans to introduce to address administration burdens in horse transit.
I often ponder the term "ending violence against women and girls", because the reality is that you do not need violence to create harm to women and girls. Coercive control is a prison sentence without bars. It does not leave bruises that are visible to the eye, yet it destroys lives just as surely as any physical…
Given the known benefits of that relationship, such as satisfaction and value for money, does the Minister hope to expand it through the neighbourhood model that he has just mentioned?
Sometimes, the least said the better, in many ways. We had a tragedy in Northern Ireland, and we still feel that tragedy today. Therefore, my heart goes out to the families of Margaret Gargan, David McCafferty, John Dougal, Patrick Butler and Father Noel Fitzpatrick. They were five innocent victims of our Troubles,…
Mr Beattie asked the Minister of Health, after stating that he was pleased to join the Minister on a visit to Knitted Knockers in Lurgan in the Member's constituency, where they met the irrepressible Joanne Harris, a Pride of Britain winner, whether he agrees that the local community and voluntary sector plays an…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the statutory status of the Joint Guidance for Medical Practitioners on Injured on Duty Awards; (i) who can amend this guidance; and (i) any scrutiny applied to amendments made to it.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any procedure for making complaints about the policing board; and (i) who has ultimate oversight of the policing board.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) who has statutory responsibility for the registration and passporting of all horses; (i) his Department’s role in the registration and passporting of all horses; (ii) how all documentation is maintained, including who holds responsibility;…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the Review of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, to outline any action she intends to take in relation to Police Injury on Duty awards.
Yesterday, the Chair of the Justice Committee, Paul Frew, tabled an important motion to extend the Committee Stage of the Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill to 27 November. I am working hand-in-hand with Paul in that regard. One of the elements of the Sentencing Bill is the increase in the sentence from 14 years…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. First, I thank the party opposite for tabling what is a really important motion. I also thank Minister Muir for coming here on behalf of Minister Long. Please pass on our regards to her. I hope that she gets better soon. The motion rightly expresses concern about drug-related deaths and…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Tackling Antisocial Scrambler and e-Scooter Use”
Tackling Antisocial Scrambler and e-Scooter Use - Amendment 3 At end insert: ‘further calls on the Minister, working in partnership with district councils and relevant Executive Departments, to introduce measures to prohibit the use of scramblers and e-scooters on council and government-owned land where such use is…
Drug Dealing Sentencing - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘families and communities;’ and insert: ‘further notes that paramilitary groups have morphed into organised crime gangs that control the illegal drugs trade in Northern Ireland; supports the campaign for Jasmin’s Law to secure accountability for those who…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any work being carried out through the Northern Ireland Bureau in Beijing to strengthen trade cooperation with China following the China-Northern Ireland Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum in 2025.
Minister, I totally agree with everything that you have said. How is the mandatory treatment element of enhanced combination orders (ECOs) working? What evaluation has been done of that?
I agree with my colleague for Upper Bann: I absolutely believe in your sincerity on this and do not disagree with what you have just outlined, but surely there are things that we can do now to make the roads safer. Why can we not close those gaps? Why can we not put up signage to say to people, "You know what, you're…