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Ms Kate Nicholl: Assembly records
All of Ms Kate Nicholl’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I thank the Opposition for tabling the motion, which we support. As everyone has mentioned, in our constituency offices we see just how much people are struggling. They really need to see the Assembly taking the issue seriously and treating it with the energy that is usually reserved for issues that we disagree on.…
I had some comments prepared about the legislation and what is needed, but that has been covered. I will start by thanking the Opposition for tabling the motion. Some of the leaders of our black community are in the Gallery, and I thank them for their leadership and courage and for speaking out. I know that what…
I thank the Minister for her response. The works at the Four Winds roundabout have been extremely disruptive to the school run, to businesses, which are losing money, and to bus services. How can the Minister's Department hold developers to account to make sure that the works are delivered in a timely fashion?…
I apologise. I think that I was thrown by the Minister's identifying himself as a "social justice" advocate. That is good news to hear, because our view is very much that putting two-year-olds in nursery settings is not the right place to spend £5 million of a constrained budget. What will the childcare strategy…
When I was doing some outreach in South Belfast on Saturday, people kept saying that they were so despairing and were having to explain things that had happened in the past to their children and young people. As the joint First Minister, with the remit for children and young people, will you outline what you are…
I hope that no one who is listening is confused: medical treatment for two Gazan children is not the reason that we have energy problems in Northern Ireland. I chair the all-party group (APG) on international development, and what strikes me is that, in the media and in politics, the issue is sometimes viewed as a…
The Member is deliberately misrepresenting what I said. My question was as follows. Given that there are things in the Bible that can be taken in different contexts, such as sowing different types of seeds together or not doing anything on a Saturday or a Sunday, there are all sorts of things that may not apply to one…
I thank the Member for giving way. I always think that it is interesting when people quote specific parts of the Bible because there are all sorts of parts in the Bible that can be taken out of context and actually advocate some quite strange things that are outdated now. However, one constant in the Bible is…
I did not know Paul Butler, but I know that he was a friend and colleague to people with whom we work in the Assembly and that he served as a councillor and an MLA. I am minded of when Anna Lo passed away and of how much it meant to me when people stood up and shared their sympathies. On behalf of the Alliance Party,…
I welcome the opportunity to talk about the AI strategy. I do not think that any Member has asked more questions about it than I have. I think that it is something like 80 at this point, and that is not because I am evangelical about AI or because I am frightened by it. It is just because AI exists and because, as the…
I welcome the motion and the leader of the Opposition's positivity. I share in much of what he said. The fleadh was amazing. There was maybe only one day on which I did not go into Belfast while it was on. The shared spirit spoke to all of us about the society that we really want to create. I will not reiterate the…
A Bill's Second Stage is about its principles, and I could not agree more with that principle, not just on regional balance but on any issue. I go back to the point about separate legal entities. We know that we operate in silos and that there are issues. The issues to which we are trying to find policy solutions…
Like others, I thank Sinéad for introducing the Bill. She is such a wonderful champion of regional balance. Any time the term is mentioned at the Economy Committee, everyone instantly looks at her. I am delighted that the Bill has got to this stage. You deserve it. You are a wonderful champion of your constituency on…
We are very lucky to have an energy nerd in the Alliance Party. I benefit greatly from my colleague David Honeyford's expertise in this, and it is good to know that he has company in other parties. Over the summer, I spent quite a bit of time trying to get up to the same stage as him. I met a number of renewable…
I thank the Member for giving way. I am struck by the point that he makes. He is obviously proud of his great-great-grandfather, and that historical flag has a specific meaning for him. Does he agree, however, that the meaning that it has for him will be very different from that that it has for someone who was a…
That is completely true, and it is not a threat when people know who has put the flags up. We hear time and time again from businesses at the Inns Cross, in Finaghy and on the Lisburn Road that the issue is not national identity or the flag itself but that, so often, they do not know who has put the flags up and what…
I was in the Chamber for the answers earlier. I congratulate the Minister on his particular flair when responding to questions in such a politically pointed way, which I always enjoy. I have also noticed that the Minister has made a number of announcements that often do not have any funding attached to them. He…
Does the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs agree with me that his duty is to serve the entirety of Northern Ireland within the full remit of his Department, as opposed to being beholden to one vested-interest group?
The deputy First Minister will know that I am delighted that the AI strategy has been published. I have tabled many questions about it. From my engagement as chair of the all-party group on artificial intelligence, I know that there are different views on AI depending on the sector. The tech sector is excited about…