Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach
Will the Member give way?
Not analysed
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach
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.
1,632 records match, page 33 of 66.
Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach
The sentencing Bill will be with the Assembly by the end of the year and the victims and witnesses Bill in early spring. Will the Member clarify whether he would prefer that we had a stand-alone hate crime Bill or that we expedited those most impactful elements of the hate crime recommendations from Judge Marrinan?…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach
Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach
Will the Member give way?
Not analysed
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate: Executive Approach
Debate contribution: Courts: Backlog
Matters to do with the family courts and scheduling of business more generally are largely judicial issues, but I referenced earlier in Question Time the work that is being done to speed up justice. The options that we are looking at include out-of-court disposals, addressing, for example, the jurisdiction of some of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Backlog Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Backlog
Debate contribution: Drug Smuggling
I want people to be assured that robust mechanisms are in place for law enforcement agencies to work collaboratively and on a cross-border basis to tackle the threat posed by drugs through the joint agency task force (JATF). The cross-border policing strategy also acts as an overarching delivery strategy for the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Drug Smuggling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Drug Smuggling
Debate contribution: Drug Smuggling
I thank the Member for the question. The BBC 'Spotlight' and 'Panorama' investigations highlighted that threat, but it also highlighted some of the successes in tackling and disrupting those routes, including work with the National Crime Agency (NCA). Border security and international relations is a reserved matter,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Drug Smuggling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Drug Smuggling
Debate contribution: Sex Crimes: North Belfast
I have raised that issue on a number of occasions in response to Members' questions in the Chamber and when questioned publicly about it. The right to ask the question is only one element. As I said, there is also a right to tell. We have very good public protection arrangements in Northern Ireland. We should not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sex Crimes: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sex Crimes: North Belfast
Debate contribution: Sex Crimes: North Belfast
Powers are already available under the current disclosure regime. There is the power to ask, so if someone in the community has a concern about an individual and their interactions, they can ask the PSNI. There is also a power to tell, and the PSNI can use that when it believes that an individual's behaviour has come…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sex Crimes: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sex Crimes: North Belfast
Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: East Belfast
It is essential. Ultimately, people would not be behaving in this way were there not those who are perpetually on social media, on mainstream media, in the press and in other places perpetuating falsehoods on immigration and false narratives about the level of immigration in Northern Ireland and the impact that it is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: East Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: East Belfast
Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: East Belfast
I absolutely will, not only as Justice Minister but as a Member of the legislative Assembly for East Belfast. There is absolutely no place in our society for the hate, racism and intimidation that we have witnessed on our streets not just in recent weeks but in recent months. I urge people not to get involved in that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: East Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: East Belfast
Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: Increase
The Chief Constable has made a number of asks, but the first and most important one was made during the period of riots when we needed to rely on mutual aid. We were able to get an additional £5 million for his budget to cover that. You will know that I am on record on saying that, whilst that was absolutely necessary…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: Increase Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: Increase
Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: Increase
I meet the Chief Constable on a regular and ongoing basis, usually at least every month and often every fortnight. We have raised the issues of hate crime, racism, anti-immigrant sentiment and violence, and wider prejudice at pretty much every one of those meetings. It is a priority for me. I am incredibly concerned…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: Increase Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racist Hate Crime: Increase
Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
I very much welcome the opportunity to update Members on that. The first year of the domestic and sexual abuse strategy has seen a deliberate and focused exercise, of which the most recent report was one part, to build an evidence base in order to ensure that future interventions are effective, targeted and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
We have already started on the journey of ensuring that we are as inclusive as possible of victims of domestic abuse and that they are recognised and supported. We still have further to go, and the report demonstrated that. Last year, along with the Health Minister, I jointly published a new domestic and sexual abuse…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
All victims of domestic and sexual abuse face challenges that can have a significant impact on them. I recognise, however, that many victims in the LGBTQIA+ community face additional challenges around reporting, confidence and stigma. I recently opened an event to launch a report on the prevalence, nature and impact…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: LGBTQIA+ Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
It would not be appropriate for me to join as a third party, and I know that the Member has tabled a question for written answer on the matter. It would not be an appropriate use of my Department's scarce resources for me to join as a third party in a case that is an excepted matter over which my Department has no…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
It is incredibly important that everyone have a right to their opinion, but, in a civilised society, those are qualified rights. The manner in which people express their opinion and the means by which they choose to do so are often regulated for the good order of society and to protect the rights of others with whom…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
The issue of which organisations are proscribed as terrorist organisations is for the UK Home Office. It would be inappropriate for me, as Northern Ireland Justice Minister, to opine on the responsibilities of the UK Government in excepted matters that are the responsibility of the UK Government. I sought and received…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
No, I do not regret it; indeed, the issue was looked at and dismissed, because it is so trivial. I am disappointed that the Member, who has just taken over the chairmanship of the Committee, has chosen this issue with which to open his engagement with me as Minister. I assure the Member that I have no intention of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
Being able to voice and share an opinion is vital in any democratic society, and people should be able to do that freely. I note that the UK Government have responded to the report in question, highlighting the fact that free speech is vital for democracy around the world, including here in the UK, and I echo that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Freedom of Expression
Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
As I explained, it is in the proposal because Mr Burrows's former colleagues in the PSNI suggested that it was one of the offences on which we should consult. Given that they were leading on that aspect of speeding up justice, I believed that it was important to consult on that. We will look at that, but there are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
The programme is looking at the handling of cases and trying to get the most serious cases to court more quickly, because that, ultimately, is how we ensure the best protection of the public. It also allows us the best opportunity to work with offenders and deal with their behaviours. In addition, it is best for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
As it stands, the proposal is that offences that are aggravated by hate and motivated by a hate incident or are domestic would not be dealt with through one of the notices or orders.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
It certainly will not be at the expense of justice. As the Member knows, in the sentencing Bill that is due to be introduced later this year, we will increase the penalty for attacks on anyone providing a public service or engaged in public duties, including police officers. It will raise the sentence available in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
Proposals to extend the use of penalty notices, which were provided for in the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, are a significant element of the out-of-court disposals work stream of the speeding up justice programme. That programme seeks to minimise avoidable delay in the criminal justice system, will be a key…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Penalty Notices
Download all records matching these filters (up to 100,000 rows): CSV · JSON