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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.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any guidance in place to ensure that pupils with type 1 diabetes, who require assistance with insulin management during the school day, receive appropriate support from a suitably trained member of staff.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made by his Department of the appropriateness of expecting children who are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to independently calculate and manage their insulin requirements during the school day.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether any assessment has been made by his Department of the educational value of school visits to (a) museums; (b) memorials; and (c) heritage sites; and (ii) how the revised curriculum under TransformED will support opportunities for primary school pupils to engage…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the revised primary curriculum under TransformED will ensure that pupils develop an understanding of Northern Ireland’s local history and its relationship to significant events in British, Irish, European and world history.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement (i) his Department; (ii) CCEA; and (iii) other bodies involved in TransformED, have undertaken with (a) museums; (b) heritage organisations; and (c) historical institutions, in developing the revised curriculum, including how their expertise and educational…
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the proposed TransformED curriculum changes on the teaching of the Second World War and other significant periods of Northern Ireland’s history at primary level.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any provision that will be made within the revised primary curriculum under TransformED for pupils to learn about the Second World War, including Northern Ireland’s role and experience.
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.
To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) his Department has made any assessment of the impact the proposed changes to the Socially Disadvantaged Circumstances criterion on Protestant working-class boys; and (ii) this group has been specifically considered as part of any equality screening or Equality Impact…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether his Department can, through its sponsorship and administrative functions, facilitate discussions regarding a temporary secondment or alternative placement for an employee of an arm's-length body who has raised concerns; and (ii) any policy or governance provisions…
To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to the raising-concerns and whistleblowing arrangements contained in the Partnership Agreement between his Department and CCEA dated 1 September 2026, to detail (i) any arrangements that were already in operation prior to the Agreement; (ii) any arrangements introduced by…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any procedures used by his Department to verify and assess assurances received from an arm's-length body regarding its handling of a raising-concerns matter; and (ii) any additional assurance arrangements that apply where a concern relates to the conduct of (a) the Chair;…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any data his Department holds on the (i) community background; and (ii) gender, of those who qualified under the Socially Disadvantaged Circumstances criterion, in each of the last five years.
I am not trying to be antagonistic. There is complete condemnation of the Billy Wright flags. I condemn them. They should be taken down. No victim or anyone else should have to walk beneath the flag of a convicted terrorist. Does the Member agree, however, that all flags and emblems with references to IRA terrorists…
The UDA flags outside the police station are a perfect example. It was the security reviewer of police powers who spotted them and said to the PSNI, "How come they are outside your police station?". The PSNI said, "We do not have the power to deal with it", so the Government gave it the power, but it is still not…
The UDA flags are an absolute disgrace. That massacre, like every massacre in Northern Ireland, was absolutely unjustified and unjustifiable. Is there not a danger, however, if we pass the Bill, of creating unreasonable expectations among the public that the flags will come down? The PSNI, with all its might, is not…
It is an excellent point, and I was going to turn to it. The drafter chose the word "opinion", which is an expressly subjective term. It is "the opinion of the Department". It is not like other legislation that talks about whether something is reasonable or whether there are reasonable grounds to believe or suspect.…
First, I think that the police are wrong in their assessment of the Billy Wright flags. A Billy Wright flag does meet the criteria for the police to take action. My view is that it is a crime, but I say that as an aside. It is worth nothing that the language that the Member has used about the police making an…
Clause 1(2)(a) explicitly states: "the flag or emblem is intimidatory or threatening" and "the flag or emblem is likely to stir up hatred, or arouse fear". Those could apply, subjectively, to someone complaining about a Union flag. A Union flag, for example, is not clearly disaggregated from a terrorist flag, because…