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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.
This is a good day, because we are dealing with legislation. I feel somewhat spoilt. I have only just arrived, and I am right at the heart of dealing with legislation. That is positive. When it comes to the amendments, I see the whole Bill as being like a stick of rock. The slogan that goes through it is…
We have said that we are — certainly, I am — open-minded on the "name and shame" aspect, but, if directions were given and not followed, a school would inevitably be named in open court through a legal process. I am trying to tease out the benefit of naming a school in the first instance, simply to say, "We have found…
Considering the fact that what we say here, as recorded in Hansard, is used as an aid to construction — anyone who has studied law at university will know about Pepper v Hart and all those things — by the courts to determine the intention of the law, can the Minister explicitly confirm, to help us with amendment No…
I am happy to support that. I restate that I and my party will support what is right and oppose what is wrong, and it is not because it is a unionist Minister. There is a certain irony, in that the direction of travel for many people in the Chamber is to tighten up some things around school uniform and tie the…
It is not a matter of supporting the Minister's amendment. As I said, my instinct when asked a question about a live case was that that school should have the autonomy to make its own rules, and that we need to be careful in this place that we do not de-legislate the ability of schools to make reasonable rules.
We are enthusiastic about the Bill. It is positive that we will see honest endeavours made to reduce the cost of school uniform. It is worth stating for the record that we genuinely believe that no pupil should ever feel stigmatised or excluded by reason of the affordability of school uniform. Something that puts…
I raise the issue of a dog that has been incarcerated for life, I am afraid to say, in Magilligan prison by the leadership of the Northern Ireland Prison Service and by our Department of Justice. There is not single animal charity that has not, to me, expressed outrage that a dog has been placed, with the title of…
On behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party, I extend our thoughts and condolences to the wife and family and friends of Charlie Kirk. It was a brutal assassination, carried out in the full glare of today's social media. Many people beyond his family and friends and, indeed, beyond America will have been traumatised. Such…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of (i) pay; and (ii) employer pension contributions the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has received during any periods of sickness absence or any other form of leave, outside of entitled annual leave, over the last 24 months.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she has taken with the Minister of Finance to secure the funding necessary to settle the PSNI data breach litigation claims.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of direct engagements he has had (a) in writing; and (b) by other correspondence with (i) HM Treasury; and (ii) other central government departments, about the impact of changes to the agricultural property relief and business…
I thank the Minister for that update. Does he agree that educational underattainment among boys is a particular issue in Northern Ireland and that a more balanced workforce, by way of attracting more male teachers into the profession, would help to provide positive role models in the education sector? Is there any…
On Emergency Services Day, I pay tribute to all the men and women of the emergency services across Northern Ireland. Today, I am proud to wear my Police Federation tie, which was a gift from the federation. Our emergency services do tremendous work for all the people of Northern Ireland. They put themselves in harm's…
This may be the first time in quite a while that I will have spoken for five minutes without saying something controversial, but I will try. Thank you for the warm words of welcome that all Members have given me. If I looked somewhat surprised when some Members walked over, shook my hand and said, "Welcome. You are a…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether the emotional support dog in HMP Magilligan (i) has a dedicated handler; and (ii) lives in the prison or goes to a family home after a shift.
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of whether the decisions by PSNI officers to charge and remand suspects to the next available court is strictly a matter within a PSNI officers operational independence.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the longest return journey from home to their place of education that a pupil with special education needs has been asked to undertake this academic year, by (i) miles; and (ii) estimated travelling time.