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.
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To ask the Minister of Education, further to the BBC news article on 4 February 2026 regarding his Five-Year Education Budget Strategy, to detail his assessment of whether there is still a future for substitute teachers in Northern Ireland.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39950/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39950/22-27
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any assessment made of the (i) value for money; (ii) safeguarding standards; and (iii) community impact, of Community Transport providers, compared with commercial taxi companies.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39949/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39949/22-27
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any (i) financial support; or (ii) contractual arrangements, currently in place between his Department, or its arm's-length bodies, and the community transport sector.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39948/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39948/22-27
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether community transport organisations are engaged through (a) tendering processes; or (b) service level agreements; and (ii) any criteria used to determine the most appropriate procurement route.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39833/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39833/22-27
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how transport services for education-related journeys are procured, including the role of (i) taxi companies; and (ii) community transport providers.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39832/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39832/22-27
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the difference in her departmental approach, between procuring transport services through open tendering processes and through service level agreements.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39831/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39831/22-27
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment her Department has undertaken of the impact of competitive tendering on the sustainability of the community transport sector, particularly in rural and hard-to-reach areas.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39830/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39830/22-27
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any financial or contractual support her Department currently provides to community transport organisations, including (i) baseline funding; (ii) grants; and (iii) longer-term service level agreements.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 39829/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 39829/22-27
That seems astonishing when we are talking about accountability. It is a bit like the situation with the ombudsman. Nobody really knew who the ombudsman was accountable to: was it the Secretary of State, the King, the Justice Minister or the Executive Office? Are we unclear as to who the head of the Civil Service, who…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
Will the Minister give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
Mr Deputy Speaker, I am sorry that I was a little late for the start of the debate. There is no doubt that we need strong leadership and real change in the Civil Service. I echo what everyone else has said: the motion is not a criticism of the hard-working men and women who are the rank and file of the Civil Service.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
Those schools feel that they need someone to champion them, and, as a unionist representative, I am happy to do that. We also need to talk about the stigmatisation that we bring about by having this discussion on selection. The notion that selection is bad reinforces the fear that, if you do not pass the 11-plus, you…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
No, I will not give way. They include Mary McAleese and, of course, Ms Flynn If I may, I will make my points.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
No, I will not give way any further. In West Belfast, Mr Sheehan's constituency, St Dominic's Grammar School has produced wonderful pupils who have been some of the brightest minds of our country.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
I will not give way any further.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
There are various pathways. I will come back to that in a moment. This man will not tell girls in my constituency that they cannot choose to attend St Louis Grammar School or Dalriada School. That is their choice. If they want to aspire to that, I will support it. I will champion Catholic grammar schools, which have…
Decided on a second assessment.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
The principals had great pride in telling me that many of the parents choose not to send their children to a grammar school, even if they have passed the selection, but to Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College, because it is an outstanding school that is bucking the trend and the perceptions of non-selective schools.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
I will not give way at the moment to the Member who told me to "Shut up" on the radio this morning. Let me talk about choice. Recently, I was in primary schools in Bangor, where many people told me —
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
I oppose the motion not because I defend only grammar schools but because I defend all schools and the right of everyone in Northern Ireland to have choice. That is number one. The bedrock of our democracy is that people can choose. That, of course, is ideologically inconsistent with much of what the Members who…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
Did the Member enjoy a grammar-school education? Can she give any insight?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
Does the Minister agree that a lot of the Churches that are thriving at the minute are outside of the four main Churches, and that it is important that they have input into how RE is taught in schools?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Religious Education and Collective Worship in Schools Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Religious Education and Collective Worship in Schools
With so many pressing issues in our society, I wonder what the public will think as they watch us spending so much time and energy dealing with a matter that happened so long ago. I will cut to the chase, because Mr Gaston has, I think, accepted that his conduct was suboptimal and not becoming of a Member. I will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Timothy Gaston MLA: Committee on Standards and Privileges Report Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Timothy Gaston MLA: Committee on Standards and Privileges Report
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Has it been considered — I imagine that it has been — that there is a potential PSNI investigation of matters that are linked to the debate? Is there any need to consider pausing the debate to allow that investigation to be exhausted?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Timothy Gaston MLA: Committee on Standards and Privileges Report Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Timothy Gaston MLA: Committee on Standards and Privileges Report
Does the Minister agree that it is important to recognise that many controlled schools are de facto integrated, that they are a welcome space for everybody, that that should be acknowledged and that we should not lose sight of that? They are not Protestant schools; they are controlled schools, and many are very…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Controlled Schools: Managing Authority Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Controlled Schools: Managing Authority
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