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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.
Thank you. It is important, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker, that we conduct the debate with compassion and tact but also with precision. They are criminal offences that we are looking to create. Will the Member accept — rightly or wrongly and acknowledging that we can have different views — that the definition of…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the BBC report on 14 September 2026, that a convicted murderer absconded while on day release from HMP Maghaberry, whether the decision to grant his temporary release was subject to ministerial approval.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of prisoners that failed to return from temporary release within the required time, during each of the last five years; broken down by (i) the offence category; (ii) sentence type; and (iii) whether they were subsequently apprehended.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the (i) eligibility criteria; and (ii) risk-assessment process, applied before a life-sentenced prisoner can be granted supervised or unaccompanied temporary release.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether (i) smoking is currently permitted within any (a) cells; and (b) other indoor areas, of Northern Ireland Prison Service establishments; and (ii) she has any plans to introduce a fully smoke-free prison estate.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether (i) Northern Ireland Prison Service officers are authorised to carry Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide or o-Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile incapacitant spray; and (ii) any assessment has been made of introducing these as personal protection measures.
First of all, I am not proposing new offences. I am not proposing new absolute duties on the Department for Infrastructure. You have just posed a good question. There are terrorist flags in our country that the Police Service refuses to take down. Ms Bradshaw admitted that the problem was not the lack of law but the…
I said that Mr O'Toole was an eminently educated man. He has posed the dilemma extremely well. Here is the nub: we have got into the habit in this place of saying, "There's a problem" and then saying about something that does not solve it, "Well, there's the solution. You have to vote for the Bill", even though the…
A worthy objective is no substitute for workable law. There is some nobility in the objective of Ms Bradshaw's private Member's Bill. We have too many flags. Often, those flags are too tattered. We have too many areas that are demarcated by individuals. We have the scandal that, all these years after the Belfast…
I understand the idea of having a voice. What would happen if the residents wanted something taken down, the Department was of the opinion that it should come down, but the PSNI would not support them in taking it down, as it considered it too dangerous to take down? What, practically, would happen then?
It is a basic responsibility of any credible Government to have a Budget. It is disappointing that one has not been agreed. There have been too many years of stop-start Government and single-year settlements, and we badly need a multi-year Budget. We are still the only Administration that is underfunded. Wales and…
At the most recent meeting of the Policing Board, the Chief Constable stated that PSNI officers here — men and women who serve us across society — are more likely than those in any other part of the United Kingdom to allow themselves to be assaulted before using force, for fear that they will not be supported if they…
The event in Cardiff is a charade and a circus. It is not three devolved nations gathering for a conference on the break-up of the United Kingdom; it is three nationalist politicians signing each other's manifestos. It counts for absolutely nothing. It is just the same as Donald Trump's loud voice. He has a loud voice…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any Executive Office resources used in connection with the First Minister’s travel to, or attendance at, the meeting of Sinn Féin, SNP and Plaid Cymru leaders in Cardiff on 14 September 2026, including (i) travel or accommodation expenditure; (ii) official…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the capacity in which the First Minister is attending the meeting of Sinn Féin, SNP and Plaid Cymru leaders in Cardiff on 14 September 2026.
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the resolution of outstanding holiday pay claims, relating to serving and former RUC and PSNI officers.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the final Early Learning and Childcare Strategy will support programmes that (i) encourage shared reading; and (ii) promote early (a) language; (b) communication; and (c) literacy development, within the home.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps he will take through the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy to ensure that every newborn baby receives appropriate books and early-reading resources, irrespective of their family’s income or location.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) for an update on the development of the new Museum of Policing Northern Ireland, including the anticipated timetable for construction and opening; and (ii) to detail how the museum will recognise the service and contribution of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Part-Time Reserve.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any funding arrangements, including the applicable rate of pay, for staff employed to support pupils with type 1 diabetes in managing and administering insulin; and (ii) whether these arrangements enable schools to recruit and retain suitably trained staff.