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Mr Jon Burrows: Assembly records
All of Mr Jon Burrows’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any alternative employment support programmes that are available to young people who would have been eligible for the JobStart Scheme; and (ii) whether he is considering introducing a successor scheme to provide similar opportunities.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any funding (i) allocated to the JobStart Scheme in each financial year since its introduction; and (ii) required to continue accepting new participants during the 2026-27 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department considered (i) extending; (ii) replacing; and (iii) redesigning, the JobStart Scheme prior to its closure.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) young people that have participated in the JobStart Scheme since its inception; and (ii) participants that moved into permanent employment following completion of the Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the rational for the closure of the JobStart Scheme to new applicants, including any assessment undertaken of the Scheme's effectiveness in supporting young people into sustained employment.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45546/22-27, (i) whether the revised blue R plate will apply to (a) drivers aged over 23; (b) drivers obtaining a full licence after holding a provisional licence for an extended period; and (c) drivers who are not required to complete the Graduated Driver…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45546/22-27, to detail (i) whether any assessment was undertaken of the level of public recognition of the current orange R plate prior to the decision to introduce a revised blue R plate; (ii) any plans that are in place to inform road users of the change; and…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45546/22-27, to detail how the introduction of a blue R plate will support enforcement activity, including (i) how enforcement officers will identify drivers who are subject to the Graduated Driver Licensing Scheme; and (ii) whether any offence will be committed…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45546/22-27, (i) whether any assessment was undertaken of the impact of vehicle window tinting on the visibility and recognisability of the proposed blue R plate; and (ii) whether any research, expert advice or testing considered the comparative visibility of…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45546/22-27, to detail (i) when and where field testing of the proposed blue R plate was undertaken; (ii) any methodology used during that testing; (iii) the number and type of vehicles involved; (iv) whether the visibility of the proposed design was compared…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline any assessment that has been made of how deficiencies in wastewater infrastructure are affecting house prices and rental costs in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45547/22-27, to detail (i) the number of (a) audits; (b) inspections; and (c) compliance checks, that her Department expects to undertake annually, in relation to learner logbooks; (ii) any established compliance models that were referenced in her answer; (iii)…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45547/22-27, to detail (i) whether her Department has considered requiring supervising drivers to undertake any form of (a) training; (b) accreditation; and (c) briefing, before participating in the Programme of Training; and (ii) how her Department will verify…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45547/22-27, to detail (i) whether any minimum (a) competency; (b) driving record; (c) penalty point; (d) age; (e) health; and (e) other suitability requirements, will apply to supervising drivers who are not approved driving instructors; and (ii) any assessment…
Yes. I will address that in one second. Let me just go back to the activities of the organisation that is linked to Sinn Féin. While that party was promoting a bill of rights, that organisation was still mutilating children. It was taking them with cudgels up back alleyways and dispensing its own form of justice, I…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was addressing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the bill of rights that was proposed in 1998.
I am not going to give way again. I will draw my remarks to a conclusion. This was potentially the most catastrophically dangerous piece of law that could ever have been passed. It would have stripped victims of their rights and their voice. It would have empowered perpetrators. It would have denied justice. It would…
I do not abuse anybody. If I do, please refer me to the Speaker. I do not. The facts that I provide might not be palatable and might not be what is heard on the beanbags or the —.
You are all honourable Members, and I pay tribute to the SDLP, as I did in a recent speech. Despite having different views, you were always peaceful and opposed violence, unlike the Members on that side. However, in this case, there was a democratic lever that is legal and on the statute book, and I have used it in…
Mr Deputy Speaker, the amendments may be procedurally competent, but they can still be dangerous law. It is the duty of someone standing in the Chamber as a legislator to point that out. Diane Abbott, I think, said that the job that we do — I am privileged to do it — is: "clean, indoor work, no heavy lifting." Do you…