All of Mr Eóin Tennyson’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I will not at this stage. In relation to definitions in the Bill, the definition of a coercive course of behaviour is lifted from the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021. The Minister's own colleague Paul Givan, now the Minister of Education, called that the gold standard for defining…
I think that every Member understands that legitimate conversations do not tend to be coercive or to result in harm. I have set out the clarification that could be offered if Members have a genuine concern about the interpretation of the first offence versus the second offence.
Mr Burrows is right about clause 6: there is reference to the court having regard both to what the victim considers it to be and to what the alleged perpetrator reasonably considered it to be. That is essential. The alleged perpetrator has to be knowledgeable that the person with whom they are dealing is gay or…
I thank the Member for that intervention. I will come to the gaps in the law later in my remarks. Another survivor told a study of conversion practices of their experiences, outlining how the perpetrator asked them: "How do you feel about the fact that your father wasn’t there, and your mother was? Do you think that…
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. No one in our society should be abused, harmed or coerced simply because of who they are or who they love, but, right now, gaps in existing law are allowing a specific and pernicious form of abuse to persist in our society. Conversion practices are driven by a…
The publication of the Robert Hamill inquiry report marks another deeply painful chapter in our troubled past. Importantly, it is a moment of reflection for all of us on the suffering endured by Robert's family over almost three decades in their dedicated and dignified pursuit of truth, justice and accountability for…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Members might be pleased to know that I do not intend to take anywhere near the 10-minute speaking allocation. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, but I do so conscious that there is now a live process of negotiation ongoing between Executive parties and the UK Government.…
The debate tells us more about the priorities of some parties in the Chamber than it does about the priorities of the people whom we represent. The Executive face a huge in tray as we return from summer recess. Public services are limping on, five months into a financial year without a Budget. A raft of draft…
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on any progress made for the extension to St Mary's Primary School, Banbridge, following its recent planning approval.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 32847/22-27, for an update on her Department’s assessment of the business case, submitted by Translink, for the Lurgan signalling improvement project.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to provide greater long-term funding certainty for voluntary and community organisations.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any assessment has been made of the role that large charity lotteries, such as those operated by Postcode Lottery and the Royal British Legion, could play in diversifying funding for Northern Ireland’s voluntary and community sector.
To ask the Minister for Communities, given the cut in funding from £25 million under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to £9.2 million under the Local Growth Fund, whether any assessment has been made by his Department of the potential for enabling Great Britain-based charity lotteries to operate in Northern Ireland to…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any representations his Department has received from the voluntary and community sector in support of extending large Great Britain-based charity lotteries to Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of potential additional funding for Northern Ireland’s voluntary and community sector, to detail any steps he is taking to enable Great Britain-based charity lotteries to operate in Northern Ireland.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Agreement on a Budget”
Agreement on a Budget - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘Fiscal Council’ and insert: ‘confirms that funding Northern Ireland equitably with other devolved jurisdictions would be worth between £1 billion and £3.5 billion more per year to the Executive; supports efforts to secure a fair and sustainable funding…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on any steps taken to improve fertility services, including consideration of increasing the number of NHS-funded IVF cycles available to patients; and (ii) to detail any steps being taken to ensure parity of access with provision elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether any consideration has been given to amending the Land and Property Service Disposal of Surplus Land and Property process to include community organisations, prior to the asset going on sale on the open market.
To ask the Minister of Finance, following the UK Government's announcement of home buying and selling reforms, whether (i) his Department has assessed the potential applicability of any of the proposed measures to Northern Ireland; and (ii) any reforms are currently under consideration.