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Mr John Stewart: Assembly records

All of Mr John Stewart’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.

133 records match.

  1. Debate contribution: Central Integrated Primary School and Greengables Pre-School, Carrickfergus

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for his answer, and I commend all those in the community who have been involved. I pay tribute to Mrs Hall and Ms Stewart for their leadership and to the schools that have stepped up. Minister, you mentioned the EA. Have you had an assurance from the Education Authority that all the support…

    Not analysed

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  2. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. She makes some really valid points. We have seen in the past couple of weeks that, because of threats to their safety, even prison officers are not able to go into some areas. Do we really believe that we will see a situation in which we send in hard-working DFI staff, potentially…

    Awaiting analysis

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  3. Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Water: Forensic Audit

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Accountability and transparency are essential, Minister, particularly where public funding is involved, as you will know. You touched on the audit's remit. Have any individuals, be they internal or external to NI Water, come to you to raise their concerns about tendering practices and the awarding of contracts by…

    Awaiting analysis

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  4. Debate contribution: Support for Veterans and their Families

    • Ministerial Statement

    I too welcome the Veterans Commissioner here today and declare an interest as a serving member of the Army Reserve. I pay tribute to the 40,000-plus service personnel and veterans here and agree with the Minister's statement. I am sure that he will agree with me about the great work that our charities and voluntary…

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  5. Debate contribution: Tree Protection Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for his valid intervention. I absolutely agree: questions need to be asked of all the councils. I imagine that the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) or the planning officers for the 11 councils will come to us, however we want to investigate that. We need to dive in not only on…

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  6. Debate contribution: Tree Protection Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I was not expecting to get in at this stage. First, I commend the Member for introducing the Bill. Thank you, Peter, for your engagement with the Committee and with me, and we look forward to working with you. I will be brief today. There is little dispute about the importance of protecting our most significant trees…

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  7. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way, and I agree with everything that he has said tonight. Regardless of the bureaucratic nightmare and the new flags commission that it would create, he has rightly talked about the cost. We have seen some examples in recent months. Birmingham City Council has spent £2·6 million on…

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  8. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for his intervention. Again, he makes valid points. It is about the weight that is given to applications when they come in. Will the application from someone who complains about a display from 15 miles away be given as much weight as the application from someone who complains from 15 metres away?…

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  9. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for her intervention. My fear is that the compliant will engage with officials, explain themselves and subject themselves to scrutiny, but those who deliberately use flags to intimidate will simply carry on regardless. That raises the question of how much substantive additional value that…

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  10. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker: I was not expecting to get in so quickly. First, I welcome the Member for Upper Bann as the new Chairman of the Committee for Infrastructure: I look forward to working with him on the Bill as it goes through the scrutiny process and on the many other issues that we have to look at. As the…

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  11. Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Bill sponsor for giving way. It is interesting to tease out clause 3, which refers to a voluntary process. Does she agree that those most likely to engage in a voluntary process about which flags they intend to put up, where and for how long are those most likely to engage in localised agreements and…

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  12. Debate contribution: Roads: Larne West Distributor

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    The infrastructure in Larne West is shambolic and fails residents and commuters daily. Minister, you will be aware of an ombudsman's investigation of the missing link road at Ballyloran that reported last February on the back of my office having brought the matter to it. The investigation found maladministration, and…

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  13. Debate contribution: Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

    • Executive Committee Business

    Before I start, I send my condolences and thoughts to the family of Kourtney McCormick and the families of all those who have lost their lives on our roads this year and in recent years. It is truly tragic, and our thoughts are with them all. We all want to see fewer road traffic collisions, fewer serious injuries,…

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  14. Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    As the Ulster Unionist Party's infrastructure spokesperson, I am happy to support the Second Stage of the Harbours Bill today. I thank the Minister and her departmental colleagues for introducing it; all those who took part in the consultation; and our ports, particularly Belfast harbour, which have been helpful in…

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  15. Debate contribution: High Street Task Force

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. She will know that high streets in our towns and cities are under massive pressure. Rising rates bills, declining footfall and changing shopping habits are having a huge impact on those retailers. Given the cross-cutting nature of the work that she outlined and those…

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  16. Debate contribution: Business Rates

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Minister, you will know that many of our town centres and villages are on their knees. Many of the independent retailers whom I speak to are running to stand still to pay their bills. They also feel that they are paying a premium to be in town centres, even though the footfall simply is not there. Shopping habits are…

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  17. Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Transport

    • Ministerial Statement

    I thank the Minister for her statement. Minister, will you outline what discussions took place on the all-island rail review and the prioritisation strategy? When are we likely to start seeing shovels in the ground on some of the key aspects of that all-island rail review, given its strategic importance?

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  18. Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for giving way. That was a point that I raised in my contributions through intervention. I am really keen to tease out the Department and officials' thought processes around that. I would have thought that, in the very rare circumstances where a judicial review is required, with the pressure that…

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  19. Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Deputy Chair for giving way. He has been very generous with his time in that respect. I am not a member of the Committee, but I am interested to hear the Committee's thoughts on amendment Nos 20 and 21. The Department originally proposed 14 days for those rare occasions where a judicial review might be…

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  20. Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. I echo her comments about the strength and tenacity that the victims have shown throughout. I am not a member of the Executive Office Committee, but I pay tribute to all its members, who have done a massive amount of work in scrutinising the Bill. I would like your opinion on…

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  21. Debate contribution: Firearms: Appeals

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I am sure that other Members have concerns about the extortionate rise in the licensing charges that are coming in. Minister, you will be aware that many of our brave members of the security forces, both current and former, carry personal protection weapons (PPWs). They do so because of a perceived or real threat to…

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  22. Debate contribution: Roads: Damage to Vehicles

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I declare an interest: my car has been in the garage for six weeks, having hit two potholes — two craters — in my constituency. I look forward to getting it back. Minister, spending £1 million a year on compensation is bad enough, but we know that three quarters of compensation claims are not paid out. That means that…

    Awaiting analysis

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  23. Debate contribution: Preschool Places

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer. Minister, will lessons be learned by officials who are advising parents? Parents who received no offers for their first preference might, because it is the same council area, be offered a place in Ballymena when that family lives in Carrickfergus. Can any offers that…

    Not analysed

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  24. Debate contribution: Health and Social Care: Data Definitions

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Minister, data and understanding data is hugely important, particularly in the health service, which sees a huge volume of patients in high-pressure environments. How will Encompass help us better understand pressure and alleviate it?

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  25. Debate contribution: Residents’ Parking Zones

    • Ministerial Statement

    I welcome the Minister's statement. What is the plan for enforcement? We have seen traffic measures installed elsewhere across the country, and they have been welcomed by residents, but those residents invariably get frustrated by the lack of enforcement when people break the rules. Will it be enforced by the police,…

    Awaiting analysis

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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