All of Mr Gordon Lyons’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I beg to move The regulations, which came into operation on 18 January 2024, amend the Child Support Fees Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 by revoking regulation 3(6) and 3(7). Those provisions relate to arrangements for the collection of child maintenance. The regulations are required to satisfy the legal doctrine…
I will respond to the comments of Mr McCrossan first. He is a debate late on the issues that he is trying to raise. The regulations that we are debating relate to the Child Maintenance Service and the changes that we are trying to make there. We understand that the work of the Child Maintenance Service is vital and…
I beg to move The regulations, which came into operation on 26 February this year, enable my Department to make amendments to child maintenance legislation and overall improvements to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). The regulations allow for the write-off of arrears of less than £7. That is intended to help…
I welcome the support for the regulations from across the House, including from the Deputy Chairperson and the rest of the Committee. I will remark on some of the comments that were made. As I said, a review will be carried out on the future of mitigation payments. I want the review to be completed as soon as possible…
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. The statutory rule that we are considering is the most recent in a series of confirmatory procedure statutory rules that effect an increase in the benefit cap levels in Northern Ireland by 10·1% from April 2023 in line with the rest of the United Kingdom. The regulations…
I beg to move This rule is the current replacement of the original regulations, which came into operation on 6 April 2022. The rule provides for the authorisation and supervision regime for master trust pension schemes under the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021, which corresponds to provision for Great…
I beg to move This rule is the replacement for the original regulations, which came into operation on 1 October 2022. The rule integrates into pensions law provisions of the Investment Consultancy and Fiduciary Management Market Investigation Order 2019, which was made by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).…
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. This rule is the current replacement of the original regulations, which came into operation on 1 August 2022. The rule provides for an authorisation and supervision regime for collective money purchase (CMP) schemes, which are commonly known as collective defined…
I beg to move The rule is the first of four sets of regulations relating to pensions that we are considering today. The regulations require the Assembly's approval, and, due to its absence, they have been revoked and replaced on several occasions. Otherwise, they would have expired at the end of the six-month period…
I thank the Member for giving way. There is a bit of a contradiction in what he is saying. If he believes that prayerful and pastoral support should be allowed, why does he not support the amendment? That is all that is being asked for. We want to make sure that the definition of "conversion practice" does not include…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to respond to the motion. It is fairly clear from the debate that there is support throughout the Chamber for a ban on abusive, coercive, degrading and humiliating conversion practices, some of which we have heard about, regardless of whether those are…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. It appears that we have support from all sides of the House and no dissenting voices, to use your terminology. That was evidenced by the great passion with which Mr McCrossan spoke in his contribution. He was clearly excited about the matter in front of us. Pensions can seem…
I beg to move Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. Automatic enrolment on workplace pensions was introduced in 2012 to enable more people to save for their retirement and to make saving the norm for most people in work. It requires employers to enrol eligible employees on a workplace pension scheme. Unless…
I welcome the broadly supportive comments from Members right across the House. However, I want to address some of the issues that a number of Members raised. First, Andy Allen commented on what it means to be finally determined. I hope that I outlined that in my speech. For clarity, it is the spirit and intent of the…
I beg to move This is a short Bill of only four clauses. With the agreement of the Assembly, it will bring our citizens into parity with those in England and Wales so that there will be parity of opportunity to legal recourse should their home become uninhabitable due to a defect arising either from the construction…
I am grateful to the Members who contributed to the debate and for the high level of consensus around the Chamber. It is also my view that accelerated passage should not be entered into lightly. It is, however, a tool that is available to the House when it is necessary. That certainly is the case in this instance. I…
I beg to move I will begin by putting on record my sincere condolences and sympathies to the Chairperson of the Committee and his family following the tragic passing of his nephew. On behalf of my party and the Department, I assure him and his family of our prayers at this time of unimaginable loss. I seek the…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Committee for Communities for its support for the passing of the regulations. I also thank the Chair and the Member for North Antrim Ms Mulholland for their comments. It is fair to say that pensions are not always the most exhilarating topic of conversation, and that…
I beg to move This rule is the current replacement —. Sorry. This rule is the replacement for the original regulations that came into operation on 12 December 2022. As the regulations require the approval of the Assembly, they have been revoked and replaced on a couple of occasions, otherwise they would have expired…
The Benefit Cap (Annual Limit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 That the Benefit Cap (Annual Limit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.