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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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any engagement he has had with the Minister of Justice in relation to sentencing for animal cruelty.
I ask my colleague to acknowledge that I made a slight mistake in my contribution, which is that Máiría Cahill did not go to the IRA for an investigation: the IRA forced her to have an investigation. I just want to put that on the record.
I beg to move: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. The motion is moved against the backdrop of all our political parties looking at the legacy mechanisms that have been proposed by the Labour Government. We are all in a position to try to shape those legacy mechanisms, which will exist through the proposed Legacy…
It is interesting, Minister, that you talked about the tripartite arrangements, because, in the independent review, they are described as being like "a two-legged stool" or a "parent-child relationship". Your Department said that it had a dedicated resource to look at a new partnership agreement and that it would…
I will return to the original question. It is a natural response for people to be concerned when a convicted sex offender is rehoused in their area. How can the community disclosure scheme address those concerns?
I want to make a statement on Victor Hamilton, and I do so with the permission of his family. Victor Hamilton was originally from Carrickfergus. In 2022, he was murdered in Ballymena. Four people were involved in his murder, three of whom were foreign nationals. The chief suspect in that murder escaped justice by…
Mr Beattie asked the Minister of Justice when are we likely to see a departmental response to the independent review of the Policing Board, given that it reported back over a year ago.
Troubles-Related Sexual Crimes and Child Sexual Abuse That this Assembly accepts that crimes of a sexual nature, including child sexual abuse, have a particularly insidious effect on society and have a long-lasting physical and psychological impact on the victim and their wider family; calls on the UK Government to…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of foreign nationals that have received a custodial sentence of one year or more, in the last five years; (ii) the number of those who received a custodial sentence of one year or more and were reported by the Northern Ireland Prison Service to the Home Office…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) who makes the decision to release a prisoner unaccompanied, as part of pre-release testing; (ii) who attends any multi-agency meeting to agree such a release; and (iii) whether the Parole Commissioners are informed of this release.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any statutory duty on her to conduct pre-release testing for life term prisoners, prior to the end of their tariff.
Seven months ago, we had a good debate on a motion that was tabled by the Opposition. During that debate, Members from every party expressed their concern about safety at school bus stops, yet I still see kids, in the dark of night, walking along grass verges with no street lighting to bus stops that have no street…
Not wanting to fall into the zone in which everything has been said but not everyone has said it, I fully support what the Chair of the Justice Committee has laid out. I support the LCM, but I want to add value to it. I have been thinking about the Bill over the past number of days, and I want to raise an area in…
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 38557/22-27, for a breakdown of the figures labelled as Guilty plea at any date, broken down by (i) when those guilty pleas were submitted, in relation to the start date of the trial; (ii) the number of those guilty pleas that were within a week of the trial starting;…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any procedures allowing local councils to (a) suspend; or (b) curtail the statutory power of, the council Chief Executive; and (ii) whether the powers contained within the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 remain the main primary legislation governing the…
Support for the motion is a no-brainer, and I support it wholeheartedly. I support it on the fundamental grounds of justice, human dignity, safety and a duty to protect the most vulnerable. The motion correctly identifies a grim reality of the digital age: adult services websites have become the modern-day high street…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any complaints made against the Local Government Staffing Commission, in each of the last 12 months; including (i) who submitted each complaint; (ii) who the complaints were against; and (iii) any outcome of the complaints.
I rise to wholeheartedly support the motion. I commend its proposer for handling and dealing with the abuse that has been directed at her with dignity, stoicism and, as we can see in the motion, a long-term vision for better. I also commend the testimony of Diane Forsythe. As men, we do not fully grasp what women have…
I did three tours of duty in Afghanistan in the dismounted close combat role. My eyes are not as bright as they once were; my waistline is a little more expansive; and my hearing is not as sharp. Some people wonder why I shout, and that is why. However, I still remember the sights, sounds and smells of Afghanistan. I…
To ask the Minister of Health whether he is aware of any instances of GPs and consultants refusing to complete medical declaration forms requested for completion by the Driver and Vehicle Agency.