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Mrs Naomi Long: Assembly records

All of Mrs Naomi Long’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.

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  8. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for giving way. Clearly, MACR was going to divide the House, but at least it was going to divide it along matters that we were debating and on which we had differences of opinion. The problem with the petition of concern is that it is utterly disrespectful to the House, because instead of letting…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  10. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I am not saying that it does not happen. The Member is right: we have special dispensation in our criminal justice system. Those of us who are familiar with what it does recognise the good job that the Youth Justice Agency does. However, the public have their own views. I have spoken with parents of children who have…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  11. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for giving way. He has been generous with his time. I do not doubt that what the Member says and believes is sincere: that the criminal justice system is often the only intervention that young people get. I hope that he agrees that it should not be. If young people are starting to go off the rails,…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  13. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    First, we dealt with the issue of the recording of incidents. That would still happen because a victim will still have been created. We acknowledged that earlier. That will not be recorded as a crime, but it will still be recorded as an incident. The management of the risks posed by children and young persons who are…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  15. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    The Member has also brought amendments to the House that did not have every protocol covered, with every i dotted and every t crossed, yet we agreed that we would work on what those would look like going forward. Legislation is not the place to set down every scintilla of detail; legislation is the place where you set…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  17. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I can very clearly say that it should not. The problem in our society is that, too often, the justice system is the provider of last resort in all circumstances. Where do we put people with serious mental health problems? We put them in prison. Where do we put people with undiagnosed neurodiversity, people with…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  20. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for giving way. He is correct to say that we have not got that framework. That is why we have said that we would want the provision to be commenced not on a given date but at the point at which the framework is fully in place. That would give Members the assurance that they will see the framework…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  22. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, it would be helpful for those of us who were present in the Chamber last week if a reminder to that effect could be circulated, because that was not the ruling from the Chair on that occasion.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  23. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Last week, there were a number of very long interventions, so it was ruled that, if a Member decided that the intervention had continued for long enough and stood up again, the Member making the intervention should desist and sit down. That ruling was made in the Chamber last…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  24. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for giving way. I agree with everything that she has said about amendment No 86 to date, but I also have concerns about its operability and its creating additional responsibilities for the Public Prosecution Service (PPS), which is challenging for us to do in this legislature, based on our…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  25. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    The Member just answered the question. It is, of course, possible to take a DNA sample. If it is not a criminal offence, it is a voluntary process, but the police can get DNA samples in those cases with permission from parents. It can be done in a voluntary way.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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