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Mr Jonathan Buckley: Assembly records
All of Mr Jonathan Buckley’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Hopefully, my question has not been asked. I thank the Minister for making the statement. I would have liked him to make a statement on the issue earlier. The Minister has committed to publishing the review report and the departmental response. Is the Minister prepared to publish the…
I will come back in a moment. Why vote against transparency? Why vote against allowing the public to see clearly and honestly the true cost of policies that will affect every home, farm and business in this country? Is it blind allegiance, or is it something else? Perhaps it is a reluctance to admit the scale of the…
I will make some progress. I am obviously touching a nerve. The parties opposite have so deeply bought into the net zero agenda that they are no longer willing to even question it, no matter the cost to the people whom they purport to represent. The Alliance Party, the SDLP, Sinn Féin and, sadly — I say it with regret…
I had hoped that we would have a sensible debate today, a moment of reflection on past net zero targets that are, frankly, crippling infrastructure, our businesses and our households. It appears that that hope was misplaced. Outside the Building, farmers, truckers and key workers are protesting — they are up in arms —…
I thank the Member for giving way. Let us also talk about the £100 million-plus that has been spent on the A5 road without one single piece of tar being laid.
I thank the Member for giving way. Does she agree that that is the very point? Due to the legislation, the Department for Infrastructure is unable to move money to where the real need is, which is rural roads that are crumbling at the minute and roads that are totally impassable for civilians and vehicles?
I thank the Member. I will assess that motion when it comes, and, if I feel that it is in the best interests of the Northern Ireland public, I will certainly support it. In that vein, the Member has outlined many aspects of today's motion that he agrees with and some that he does not: will the Ulster Unionists support…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he acknowledge that the then Minister, Edwin Poots, went on to say: Unfortunately, however, at Consideration Stage, a majority of Members of the Assembly agreed to change the headline target in the Bill to net zero emissions by 2050 — and that really was done for a headline. —…
Minister, with respect, you have not answered the question, so I can only conclude that you have not met prison officers and senior prison officials following that attack. That attack took place when, according to the staff amongst whom you say the culture is well, the prison was in chaos and prison officers feared…
Minister, it is deeply regrettable that you say that the only issue pertaining to recruitment and retention in the Prison Service is funding, when there is clearly a culture problem in our prisons. Today's headline in the 'Belfast Telegraph' reads: "Prison officer’s jaw broken ... after drugged-up inmates go on…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is on not your second point but your first point. I note that Mr Sheehan's point of order, which was a further attempt to smear the conduct of the Education Minister, omitted the fact that the report fully exonerated the Minister from any allegation that was made. Before Easter,…
Mr Buckley asked the Minister of Justice what interaction she has had with the Prison Service following a serious incident in one of our prisons that he referenced earlier, in which a prison officer had his jaw broken whilst prisoners went on a drug-fuelled rampage, an issue about which Members would have expected at…
Thank you, Minister. Major life-saving infrastructure projects, from the A1 in her constituency to the A5 and the A4 Enniskillen bypass, are being blocked from progressing because of flawed, unattainable climate change targets. Those targets were exclusively backed by your party, the SDLP and Alliance. Minister, you…