All of Mr Jon Burrows’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
The responsible thing to do, especially given the track record of the Assembly, is to scrutinise legislation deeply, vote it through to the next stage and then delve into it in granular detail, not just wave it through because it sounds like a good idea. I welcome the fact that we are dealing with legislation. It…
I thank the Minister for his contribution. I was going to come on to free hospital car parking, because it is of noble intent. Looking in from the outside, you would think that it would be a jolly good thing to do, but, of course, it has consequences elsewhere. That is what we need to guard against, but there is merit…
I will keep my comments broad and high-level. I thank the Bill sponsor for bringing it to the House. The intent is noble, and the debate is necessary. It is something that we should discuss. I will, therefore, support the Bill's progress to the next stage so that we can give it proper scrutiny. However, scrutiny it…
I join in the tributes to Rory McIlroy, the greatest golfer who has ever emerged from the United Kingdom and from these islands, if you want to take the broadest possible view of it, and the greatest sports star whom Northern Ireland has produced. He confirmed himself last night as belonging to the pantheon of…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail when the Civil Service’s policy on workplace harassment and bullying was (i) introduced; and (ii) updated, across Departments.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of (i) workplace harassment; and (ii) bullying, cases involving Civil Service staff which were upheld, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities, further to his Department’s commitment to ensure that inclusive design standards are adopted in all new publicly funded spaces and facilities in The Northern Ireland Disability Strategy 2025–2035, whether this commitment will extend to beaches and coastal areas, including the…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he has had any discussions with the Minister of Finance regarding ensuring that any Barnett consequential arising from the UK Government’s December 2025 domestic abuse funding announcement is allocated to frontline domestic abuse support services.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assurances he can provide that any additional funding arising from the UK Government’s December 2025 domestic abuse funding announcement will be directed to specialist domestic abuse services and not absorbed into general departmental budgets.
I will not give way. — we are failing to address them. That failure is because we have failed to fix, reform and focus on things. Let me deal for a second with the issue of special educational needs children. The exponential rise in the number of children with additional needs has still not been properly and…
I will not give way. I will come back to you towards the end. Unfortunately, there has already been finger-pointing and point-scoring, but what the people of Northern Ireland want is collective responsibility. This is just the latest in a litany of failures by the body politic in Northern Ireland to sort out and…
Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is clearly a fundamental moral duty on those of us who are leaders and legislators to support the most vulnerable in society, and there are none more vulnerable than special educational needs children, along with their parents, carers and educators and those who, increasingly, get educated…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether any steps have been taken under civil contingency planning to enhance preparedness for potential fuel shortages.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether any Barnett consequential arising from the UK Government’s December 2025 domestic abuse funding announcement will be ring-fenced for domestic abuse and violence against women and girls services in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he has considered supplementing or rebalancing Local Growth Fund allocations to address any shortfall in resource funding for employability and community-based provision.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) whether his Department has made any assessment of any Barnett consequential arising from the UK Government’s December 2025 funding announcement for domestic abuse services in England; (ii) the estimated value of any such consequential; and (iii) the expected timeframe for…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people, broken down by council area, expected to lose access to employability support from 1 April 2026 due to the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to the Local Growth Fund.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools”
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘their parents;’ and insert: ‘welcomes the intervention of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education in resolving this issue; notes that the Minister of Education’s Executive paper on capital funding for special educational…
To ask the Minister of Education, without reference to school governors or guidance, to detail any steps he will take to ensure that a pupil's right to wear a coat to school is respected.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the amount of (i) time; and (ii) money, spent preparing the TransformED myth-buster document, along with the accompanying statement of 25 March 2026.
To ask the Minister of Education, without reference to school governors or guidance, to detail any practical steps he is taking to achieve a greater gender balance among the teaching workforce.
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of proposals to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14, whether a child aged 13, who is suspected of committing grievous bodily harm, could be arrested or prosecuted under any circumstances.