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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Mr Speaker, with your permission, junior Minister Cameron will answer the question.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence Against and Girls Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence Against and Girls
I thank the Member for his question. Paramilitarism has absolutely no role in the Northern Ireland of today. It had absolutely no role in our past, and it has no role in our future. As indicated, paramilitarism and, frankly, the criminality that is involved in current activities need a robust criminal justice response.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition
I thank the Member for his question. For any of these projects, in any Department, there is, rightly, an obligation to have an evaluation process. That will measure the outcomes. It will look at the outcomes set at the beginning of the project, at the indicators and at what was baselined for what the project was…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition
I thank the Member for her question. As the Member is aware, the Departments and the Executive operate in a number of ways. It is not just about the Programme for Government commitments but about strategies within the Departments that the Executive and the House endorse. Those strategies often go well beyond the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition
I thank the Member for his question. I have always been very clear that every Member across the House and in the Executive should be clear that paramilitarism is wrong. It was always wrong, and there was always an alternative. I have said that clearly. Of course, signing up to policing, justice and the rule of law was…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition
I thank the Member for her question. Yes, the feedback and the evaluation have been very positive, particularly around the resilience in communities. We know that it is incredibly important that communities have that resilience. I highlight the point that, during the COVID crisis, we really saw that resilience come to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition
Communities in Transition is designed to build safer, empowered communities free from criminality and the coercive control of paramilitarism. To date, 82 projects worth over £19 million have been delivered across the eight designated areas. Fifty-two of those projects have been completed, with the remaining 30…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Communities in Transition
I will speak in a personal capacity. The Member will be aware that 'Safeguarding the Union' addressed many issues and focused on trade primarily. He will also be aware, as it is on the record, that — speaking personally — my colleagues raised concerns time and time again in the House of Lords and the House of Commons…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines
I thank the Member for his question. Yes, of course, we have discussed that with ministerial colleagues in the Executive. As I indicated, I emphasise at every opportunity the seriousness of the issue. The Member will know from his farming background and his role in the agriculture policy brief how important the issue…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines
Absolutely. They are important not only to spread better understanding about Northern Ireland but to grow our economy, which is a joint objective of the First Minister and I with our prosperity agenda, and to try to ensure that the economy of Northern Ireland works for everyone. We know that an essential element of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines
Undoubtedly, the European Union has taken a particular stance in relation to veterinary medicines. I assure the Member that, at the UK intergovernmental ministerial groups that I have participated in, I have raised this issue as an absolute priority at every opportunity. I know that the farming community and vets are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines
Our officials in Brussels engage with the EU on issues relating to the provisions of the Windsor framework through its governance structures. The movement of veterinary medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland is now subject to the direction and control of the Secretary of State, as provided for in regulation…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework: Veterinary Medicines
I thank the Member for his question. The Executive Office budget has been incredibly difficult. We requested £7 million of additional revenue, particularly to support our good relations and ending violence against women and girls strategies. Unfortunately, we were able to secure only £1 million of additional funds.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: THRiVE Project Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: THRiVE Project
I thank the Member for his question. I was an early convert to and enthusiast for place-based interventions, particularly through the Urban Villages initiative. Good and positive work has been done through Urban Villages and projects like THRiVE. We absolutely must learn the lessons from that and take a joined-up and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: THRiVE Project Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: THRiVE Project
Building on the success of Urban Villages, our officials have had regular engagement with THRiVE, as we recognise its positive impact on good relations and how it could be used as a model for taking a more collaborative approach to improving outcomes. Representatives from THRiVE have spoken to a number of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: THRiVE Project Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: THRiVE Project
I thank the Member for her question. Affordable childcare is an area that I have been working on for many years. It has been a frustrating journey, but there is no doubt that preschool, nursery care and other interventions can support families with the affordability of their childcare. We need a comprehensive…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale
I thank the Member for her question. I echo what I said in the debate. Almost £700 million of funding has gone out for public-sector pay settlements into the pockets of hard-working public-sector workers, who deserved that pay rise before. I am glad that they will now be getting it. Some of them will have received it…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale
Absolutely. As I outlined in my remarks in the debate, affordable childcare is undoubtedly a priority not just for the First Minister and me, which we have said many times, but, I believe, for the entire Executive. There are challenges with the Budget situation that we are in, but it is absolutely right that that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale
I thank the Member for his question. As indicated, our intention is to publish a draft Programme for Government as soon as possible and certainly before the summer recess.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale
We are working at pace with Executive colleagues to develop and agree a Programme for Government. We hope to publish a draft for consultation in the coming weeks, which will be brought to the Assembly for scrutiny. It will reflect the need to reform and transform public services and will set out our collective…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Timescale
I thank the Member for his question. He will be aware from the debate on that issue in the past number of weeks that there is no consensus on that recommendation from FICT. Of course, the commission itself did not have consensus on that recommendation either.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals
I thank the Member for his question. Of course, the right to freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and one that must be respected by us all. The right to be able to explore, learn about and express all our identities, including in the public space, is precious in our society. I absolutely believe that to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals
I am always acutely aware when I respond to questions on that area that it deals with a number of tricky and contentious issues on which there has been no consensus since the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, nor was there consensus before. We are aware that the officials' advice is at an advanced stage, and we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals
I thank the Member for his question. There was consensus on a number of the commission's recommendations. We hope to be able to move forward with consensus on some of those, but we await the submission and advice from officials. Inevitably, there will be other aspects of the report on which there is no consensus. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals
The Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition, otherwise referred to as FICT, concluded its work and provided its final report to Ministers on 17 July 2020. A series of next steps, including a FICT implementation plan, was approved by the Executive on 25 March 2021. On 1 April 2021, initial engagement of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: FICT Report: Recommendations and Proposals
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