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Mr John Blair: Assembly records
All of Mr John Blair’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I beg to introduce the Hunting with Dogs Bill [NIA Bill 33/22-27], which is a Bill to prohibit hunting wild mammals with dogs; to prohibit trail hunting; to prohibit terrier work; and to set out exemptions from these prohibitions.
I am pleased to support the Climate Change (Just Transition Commission) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026. They are an important and necessary step in delivering on the commitments set out in the Climate Change Act. It has just been made clear that some of us will see those in different terms, but I will come to…
I thank the First Minister for her reply. We are still awaiting not only an international relations strategy but the promised Europe strategy. Given evidence that the UK is pivoting closer to the European Union and its economic area, should those strategies not be addressed urgently rather than be left on the shelf?
To ask the Assembly Commission whether it will consider (i) the use of swift bricks; and (ii) the installation of a swift tower, at Parliament Buildings.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he would consider introducing a policy to ensure that swift bricks are included in all new build social housing.
I am pleased to speak as Alliance AERA spokesperson to support the motion on clean biomethane for Northern Ireland's energy, food and environmental security. I welcome the motion, especially following the backward-looking motion from the DUP, last week, on climate. That motion sought to cling to climate denial, but…
Given the uncertainty around the budgetary demands on the Mobuoy issue and the constraints on budgets more generally, can the Minister give us any information on his Department's financial outlook under the proposed three-year Budget and how that relates to those issues?
I really appreciate the Member's giving way. I hope that she accepts that I genuinely could not do so for her earlier because the clock was against me, and I showed that it was. I thank the Member for taking the intervention and ask her this in good faith. If I accept, as I do, that she thinks that the road is being…
No. Not so early, and probably not given the time limits. Climate change is not theoretical for the people of Northern Ireland. We already face more frequent and intense flooding, which causes damage to homes, farms and businesses. Our rivers and loughs are under pressure from rising temperatures, changing rainfall…
I speak on behalf of the Alliance Party to oppose the motion. Let us be honest about what the motion really is. It is not about better evidence, better value for money or better public services; it is about rolling back the climate commitments that the Assembly has already made in law and casting doubt, yet again, on…
I thank the deputy First Minister for her reply. What conversations, if any, has she or the Executive Office had with the Home Office concerning the likelihood of further refugees coming to the UK from war zones?
The deputy First Minister referred to the Strategic Investment Board in her reply to the substantive question, and it came up again in answer to a supplementary question. What functions that the Strategic Investment Board currently holds might be transferred to an infrastructure commission? Has any preparatory work…
Mr Blair asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given that wars, whether deemed internationally to be legal or illegal, cost lives and threaten other lives, what preparations are being made to support refugees who are arriving from war zones owing to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Africa.
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools That this Assembly expresses grave concern that the Education Authority has announced the cancellation of summer schemes in special schools in 2026 due to concerns about healthcare provision for participating children; recognises that these schemes provide a lifeline…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the installation of a cycle lane on the Templepatrick Road, Ballyclare, between the junctions of Jubilee Road and Mill Road.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any plans his Department has for meeting the recycling targets in his Rethinking Our Resources: Northern Ireland Resources and Waste Management Strategy.