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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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether local councils pay Landfill Tax, either directly or indirectly through contracted landfill operators.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current average waiting time for red flag referral mammogram appointments, in each Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) how this compares to the recommended clinical target.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any additional (i) funding; or (ii) staffing, allocated to radiology departments to reduce delays in red flag referral mammogram appointments.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will consider including a reference requiring schools to provide facilities for pupils to store or hang their coats during the school day in the School Uniform Guidelines.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will consider amending the School Uniform Guidelines to state that all schools must permit pupils to wear a generic, non branded coat to school.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) whether the 44 cattle reported on 3 December 2025 as having bluetongue antibodies all originate from the same herd as the index case; and (ii) any assessment his Department has made of whether vaccination may account for these antibody…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the cattle in the herd associated with the recent bluetongue case had received a bluetongue vaccine.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps he is taking to provide reassurance to the farming community in relation to his Department’s handling of the bluetongue outbreak, given the significant concerns expressed by livestock farmers.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) why the Chief Veterinary Officer has not been the principal spokesperson for his Department in relation to the current bluetongue outbreak; and (ii) any steps being taken to ensure clear and authoritative communication with the farming…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any assessment his Department has made of the available scientific evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of bluetongue vaccines in (a) pregnant sheep; and (b) other livestock; and (ii) any advice been issued to veterinary…
To ask the Minister of Finance for his assessment of the impact of raising vacant property rates, when many property owners already face significant planning, infrastructure, or market barriers, preventing redevelopment or reoccupation.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether there will be any transitional arrangements to mitigate financial hardship for property owners, who are actively engaging with planning authorities, or investors, to bring vacant premises back into use.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether it is his intention to increase the non-domestic vacant rating from 50 per cent to (i) 75 per cent before the end of the current Assembly mandate in 2027; and subsequently to (ii) 100 per cent, during the next mandate.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail when the reference that pupils should be able to wear non-branded coats to school was added to the School Uniform Guidelines.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the current position of the Shared Environmental Services in relation to outstanding agricultural planning applications within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, including any actions being taken to reduce processing times and move…
I am glad to speak to the Second Stage of the General Teaching Council Bill. This is the first piece of legislation that I will be involved in end-to-end, so I look forward to providing some real scrutiny. I want to put some high-level points on the record, but there will be detailed scrutiny at the Bill's further…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) whether the Police Ombudsman’s national security vetting has been reviewed in the last 12 months: and (ii) whether the office holder still has access to material classified as Top Secret.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any (i) steps his Department is taking to address delays in the processing of agricultural planning applications; and (ii) assessment made of the impact of these delays on farm development and animal welfare.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of the impact of undeveloped, zoned housing land, including land affected by fragmented ownership, limited access or unrealistic valuations, has on the delivery of housing, particularly social housing, within the Causeway Coast and…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement his Department has had with housing providers, and developers, regarding barriers to progressing approved housing applications, particularly in areas with acute social housing need.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail whether his Department has considered reviewing, or amending, the zoning of housing land in areas where development is unlikely to proceed, to enable more realistic planning for social housing.
I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. It is a pity that it is a somewhat simplistic motion that fails to understand the true complexities within which the police operate and with which people present themselves to police, often in an emergency. It should be said at the outset that our Police Service has…