All of Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly’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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The Member has spoken a number of times on a number of issues already today, from the Windsor framework right through to the important issue about safe spaces for biological females. It is important not to dismiss those issues and to say that they are nonsense. That is absolutely wrong. If this place is going to work,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Executive Delivery Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Executive Delivery
I thank the Member for his question. The Executive are focused on delivery regardless of the challenges. There are challenges around the funding that is available and challenges in our system to make sure that it can deliver for people and that it is fit for purpose. We have delivered, not least in getting the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Executive Delivery Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Executive Delivery
I thank the Member for her question. As indicated, that engagement was very much about communicating with groups but also with individuals and others outside those groups who are known to us, along with extensive engagement with the commissioner and officials who were working to develop that. I am optimistic that the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Victims and Survivors: Memorial Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Victims and Survivors: Memorial
The Member will be aware that the final draft is under consideration at the moment. Officials have undertaken quite a significant task to make sure that there is maximum buy-in and that views have been taken on the specific wording. Although the wording will not reflect exactly what everybody wants, because that is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Victims and Survivors: Memorial Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Victims and Survivors: Memorial
We know how important the memorial plaque is, which is why officials have engaged extensively with victims and survivors in recent months to ensure that they heard a wide range of opinions on the wording. Draft options were shared with representative groups and individuals not affiliated with any group, as well as…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Victims and Survivors: Memorial Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Victims and Survivors: Memorial
The Member is absolutely right. Some companies do not supply Northern Ireland because they do not understand the system. Some companies try to ask for various company numbers or are looking for processes that are not needed. I get it all the time from people who contact me. It takes a bit of time, but they can…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access
As indicated, there will be a range of views on the issue, but I appeal to people to look at the facts, to listen to companies, to listen to what people are facing and to look at what the UK Government promised and at what promises they are not fulfilling. There are real challenges for businesses. It is correct to say…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access
At this stage, there is no evidence of any benefit from dual market access, and we continue to tackle the huge bureaucracy that it has brought to internal UK trade. There are, of course, different views on the issue in the Executive Office. I have asked for evidence of any benefit of dual market access: I have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access
I thank the Member for his supplementary question. It was absolutely a missed opportunity, which was deeply disappointing but, alas, perhaps not surprising. Our businesses face huge issues. I caught the end of the previous debate as I came into the Chamber for Question Time, and I was dismayed to hear those issues…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access
As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring that our circumstances are understood and appropriately reflected in policy and strategic decision-making within the UK internal market, we continue to engage with the UK Government across a range of forums. Those representations have been made at meetings of the Prime…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK Internal Market: Unfettered Access
Mr Speaker, with your permission, junior Minister Cameron will answer the question.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill
The Member will know from her role in the Committee that international engagement policy is a non-devolved area, but there is much that we can do, and we do it across a number of areas, particularly through soft diplomacy, which is about reaching out through our offices in Brussels and in DC. Of course, those offices…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit
Absolutely. What an incredible success. The only thing that did not go to plan was that there was not a Rory win. We had a Rory McIlroy win just this weekend, however, and I extend my sincere congratulations to him for that. It did not come through for the Open, but we have a win now. The Open was a huge success. It…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit
I will engage with the president of the United States because of the role that he holds, which is president of the United States. The US is incredibly important to Northern Ireland. I could outline many issues on which I disagreed fundamentally with previous presidents whom I have had the privilege of meeting, not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit
I thank the Member for his question. At this stage, the First Minister will not attend the state banquet with President Trump. I engage with people, politicians and leaders from all the different shades of political opinion. As far as I am concerned, it is not about what I feel about them or even about my view of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit
I thank the Member for his question. President Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the UK is an opportunity to showcase Northern Ireland's strengths, build relationships with the president and his team and boost trade and investment. Using the visit to build personal ties is particularly important given the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: President Trump: State Visit
I thank the Member for her important question. She is absolutely right: justice in Northern Ireland is much too slow. It really affects people, not just those who are waiting to appear before the courts but the victims' families, who have to suffer for many months if not years while they wait for their cases to come…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy
I thank the Member for her question. It is one of the six key outcomes: working better together. That means all parts of our system working together to try to tackle it. Just last week, we had the privilege and honour of attending an ending violence against women and girls conference at Craigavon Integrated College.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy
I thank the Member for her question. It is incredibly important that all the actions arising from that are fit for purpose. I have said to the House previously that I have had somebody charged and convicted under the online safety legislation. He pleaded guilty and is currently in custody. That is a demonstration,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy
Before I begin, with your indulgence, Mr Speaker, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the tragic deaths of Vanessa Whyte and her two children, James and Sara Rutledge. Those were absolutely horrific murders, and I have no doubt that everyone across the House shares in the horror of what happened. It…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Online Safety Strategy
I thank the Member for his question. Last week, we saw the launch of the UK's industrial strategy, which highlighted key priority areas across the UK. Those areas align very closely with NI's industrial strategic approach. The Member is right: the creative industries are a big area, as are advanced engineering and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
I thank the Member for her question. The fund was announced by the NIO on the Thursday of the East-West Council meeting. It is live at the moment, so the details are online. You can go through the application process online. At this stage, it appears to have been developed with maximum flexibility. It could be for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
I thank the Member for his question. He will be aware that 'Safeguarding the Union' is a White Paper that was produced by the UK Government. That followed a series of negotiations and set out the framework for restoration of this place. The commitments made in that paper are critical to the continued stability of this…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. The First Minister and I attended the second meeting of the East-West Council, which took place in Belfast on 12 June. The meeting was co-chaired by the Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, and the Rt Hon Hilary Benn…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
The forty-third summit of the British-Irish Council (BIC) took place on 13 June 2025 and was hosted by the Northern Ireland Executive. The First Minister and I co-chaired the summit plenary meeting, and we were accompanied by Ministers Givan, O'Dowd and Nesbitt and junior Ministers Reilly and Cameron. The Ministers…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: British-Irish Council: Forty-third Summit Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: British-Irish Council: Forty-third Summit
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