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Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly: Assembly records

All of Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.

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  1. Debate contribution: Exclusion of the First Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998

    • Assembly Business
    • As a minister

    What we are here to discuss today is incredibly important. There are people out there listening to the debate, and they have heard, quite frankly, quite a bit of silliness and silly behaviour across the Chamber. We have seen smirks, and we have heard jibes. I genuinely believe that Members on the Benches opposite need…

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  2. Debate contribution: Milltown Cemetery: Baby Burials

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for her important question on that sensitive issue. I met the Member previously about the concerns, in particular, around the Milltown cemetery site. It is critical that we try to preserve what is there at the moment in order to make sure that full investigations can take place. What happened at…

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  3. Debate contribution: Government: Making It Work

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Thank you. It is absolutely important. As I said, the application for the march was put in by the Portadown Orangemen, and they have the right to do so. It was not the DUP that put in that application. The courts supported the Parades Commission and that outcome. It is absolutely right that people should have their…

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  4. Debate contribution: Government: Making It Work

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for his important question. We face huge issues, and that is partly why I am deeply frustrated and why I feel angry about what we have seen over the past week. Yes, there will always be challenges and issues that we need to navigate. I have been out and about speaking to so many people who are…

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  5. Debate contribution: Civil Disobedience

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Sinn Féin needs to get real if the Member genuinely thinks that you have not done significant damage to the position of First Minister and these ministerial positions that, at their very heart, have to be about upholding the law. As I have said before, key to this is the fact that you cannot demand equality and then…

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  6. Debate contribution: Civil Disobedience

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    This is all about the type of Northern Ireland that we want to build and that we should have by now. It is not the one that is based on the intolerance, hate and bile that I have heard being directed towards British identity or culture over the course of the past week. The vast majority of people across Northern…

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  7. Debate contribution: DUP's Misjudgements and deputy First Minister's Resignation

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    — calm heads, to urge people to get off the streets, to urge dialogue and compromise, but that did not happen. I say to the members of the Opposition to stop shaking weakly in the face of Sinn Féin and start to stand up for what is right.

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  9. Debate contribution: DUP's Misjudgements and deputy First Minister's Resignation

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Again, shame on you — Shame on you. You shake weakly in the face of calling out Sinn Féin, but you are happy to call out the DUP at every turn. May I give you some advice? It will not do the SDLP any electoral good to stand in the shadow of Sinn Féin and the dissidents on the Garvaghy Road and not stand up for the…

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  10. Debate contribution: DUP's Misjudgements and deputy First Minister's Resignation

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    You absolutely defied the law. It is bad enough that Sinn Féin is dancing to the beat of the dissident drum, but it is absolutely shocking that the SDLP is doing so too. The Member should take the opportunity to call out those who broke the law. They do not have to agree with the outcome of the court, but the rule of…

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  11. Debate contribution: DUP's Misjudgements and deputy First Minister's Resignation

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I will say to the leader of the Opposition that the application was submitted by the Portadown Orangemen, and they were perfectly legally entitled to do so. The Portadown Orangemen can choose their legal representatives as they wish, in the same way that any other party to the court action can choose their legal…

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  12. Debate contribution: Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces Bill

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I have said it before, but people are so sick of the hypocrisy of Sinn Féin. You go along to commemorations of paramilitary organisations and individuals. You have, on your very Benches, people who have been unrepentant terrorists who inflicted incredible harm to the people of Northern Ireland. Let me say, once again,…

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  13. Debate contribution: Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces Bill

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Absolutely. What we hear from Sinn Féin time and time again is a demand for equality, but what does that look like? Equality has to be something that applies equally to everyone, but what we hear are Sinn Féin's demands for equality and then claims for exemptions for themselves. We saw it at Bobby Storey's funeral. We…

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  14. Debate contribution: Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces Bill

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Absolutely. I am deeply proud of the legacy of all those who served in the armed forces with dignity. Of course, just yesterday, I attended the Ulster Defence Regiment’s recommittal of the standards for its Lisburn branch. It was a time to remember that extraordinary contribution. Well in excess of 40,000 people…

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  15. Debate contribution: Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces Bill

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    With your permission, Mr Speaker, I will answer questions 4 and 6 together. I may therefore take slightly longer than the allocated two minutes. The armed forces covenant has not been formally adopted by the Executive. While Northern Ireland Departments have not all signed up to the covenant through Executive…

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  16. Debate contribution: Gazan Children: Medical Treatment

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    As I mentioned, we are being asked to take one child, not two. I previously agreed, through an urgent procedure, to take two injured children from Gaza. I agreed to it under the previous evacuation scheme, so that has already happened. Energy prices have everything to do with the situation. The conflict in the Middle…

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  17. Debate contribution: Gazan Children: Medical Treatment

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for her important question. There is no doubt that the impacts of conflict are now felt not just where the conflict is happening, which, in this case, is in the Middle East, but here at home. Families face pressure from increased fuel costs that are a direct result of situations elsewhere,…

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  18. Debate contribution: Gazan Children: Medical Treatment

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    There is a UK-wide evacuation scheme. As I indicated, we have been requested to take one child from the most recent phase of the scheme, which includes 50 children. The UK Government have led the way on medical evacuations. As I said, we want to make sure that, whatever is proposed, the right support network is there…

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  19. Debate contribution: Gazan Children: Medical Treatment

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    It is primarily for Health to lead in assessing requirements and making sure that the particular area of medical intervention is available for what needs to be done for whomever comes to Northern Ireland. Of course, there are other considerations including, for example, the size of the family or those accompanying any…

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  20. Debate contribution: Gazan Children: Medical Treatment

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    The Member will be aware that, in June, the UK Government announced the resumption of medical evacuations of critically ill and injured children and their immediate families from Gaza. That follows a similar exercise undertaken in autumn 2025, when 50 children and their families arrived safely in the UK from Gaza,…

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  21. Debate contribution: Victims’ Payments Board: Oversight

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    It is incredibly important that those who suffered during the Troubles get all the help and support that they can. We recommend to anybody going through that process to reach out to a local victims and survivors' group to get that help and support. I remain disappointed that the Member is justifying his actions. It…

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  22. Debate contribution: Victims’ Payments Board: Oversight

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Thank you. It is really important that we recognise that this is a scheme that takes time. It was designed, in part, like that, because we did not want victims and survivors to have to gather all of the evidence themselves prior to their putting in an application. The way in which the system is set up means that the…

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  23. Debate contribution: Victims’ Payments Board: Oversight

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for her question, which is an important one. The scheme has attracted significantly more applicants than the number that was first envisaged back at the beginning of the scheme, when it was suggested that around 500 severely physically injured victims and survivors would come forward. We now have…

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  24. Debate contribution: Victims’ Payments Board: Oversight

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for his question. As I said earlier, leadership is exceptionally important. It is really important that we make clear that the acts of violence and terrorism of the past were absolutely wrong and that no person deserved to be injured or killed during the Troubles. There was always an alternative to…

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  25. Debate contribution: Victims’ Payments Board: Oversight

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for raising that important case. I have no doubt that many Members across the Chamber listen to many of the people — victims and survivors — who are going through that process. Putting the scheme in place was the right thing to do. The sheer number of applications to the scheme — over 16,000 —…

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