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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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Whilst telecommunications legislation, including the regulation of social media platforms, is a reserved matter, my Department has sought to take a proactive approach to supporting online safety. I sought to influence the content of the Online Safety Act 2023, urging that more be done to address the lack of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Online Abuse Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Online Abuse
I beg to move I propose the motion in the wake of events over recent weeks, and particularly over the weekend and recent days. We do so to condemn them and to offer our solidarity to all those who have been impacted on by that racism and violence. We also want to look forward to determine what we need to do to tackle…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Opposition to Racism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Opposition to Racism
Opposition to Racism That this Assembly condemns the criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days; rejects all forms of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism; endorses the work of voluntary sector organisations combatting racism and supporting those impacted by it; recognises the work of the Police Service…
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Opposition to Racism Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Opposition to Racism
The report in the 'Belfast Telegraph' that I am appealing the judgement is factually incorrect. I have made no decision as yet on appeal. In my consideration of the way forward and informed by legal opinion, I wrote to Executive colleagues on 28 June to make them aware of the consequential impacts of what is a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: Appeal Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: Appeal
I put on record my thanks to all Members for this positive debate and for the contributions that they have made. I also place on record my thanks to the Chair of the Committee for her remarks, as well as the Deputy Chair, and put on record my appreciation for the scrutiny that has been applied by the Committee on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Recovery of Cryptoassets and Investigations: Codes of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Recovery of Cryptoassets and Investigations: Codes of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The purpose of the order is to bring into operation three codes of practice for the use of powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as amended by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. By way of background, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Recovery of Cryptoassets and Investigations: Codes of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Recovery of Cryptoassets and Investigations: Codes of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
The office has advised that there will be no significant operational impact on the office's capacity as a result of the Police Ombudsman's absence. The ombudsman has delegated her powers to the senior director of investigations, pursuant to paragraph 9 of schedule 3 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998. It would…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Police Ombudsman's Office: Operational Capacity Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Police Ombudsman's Office: Operational Capacity
We will continue to work with our statutory partners, the wider justice system and the community and voluntary sector. In particular, we are working on the judge-led voluntary protocol. It has seen a 70% reduction in the average time between reporting a sexual offence and court disposal. The voluntary protocol is for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Gillen Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Gillen Review
I remain fully committed to the full implementation of the Gillen review. It is a transformational programme, but it requires a collaborative approach across other Departments, statutory agencies and third-sector organisations. Some work streams — for example, those related to relationships and sexuality education —…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Gillen Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Gillen Review
The obvious thing that most of us can see is that many groups have successfully transitioned with no government support: they have transitioned fully into organised crime gangs. Where they want to make a step change in function, they seem capable of doing it without support from anywhere else. Group transition, in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UVF Show of Strength Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UVF Show of Strength
I would love to say that I have pleasure in doing so, but I have no pleasure in doing so. It is incredibly disturbing that, at this juncture in Northern Ireland, we continue to see such shows of strength. The people of Northern Ireland generally and of east Belfast in particular are weary of paramilitary organisations…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UVF Show of Strength Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UVF Show of Strength
There are a number of areas where we work with TEO, including the Communities in Transition scheme. We also work with the Department for Communities on diversionary activity and trying to support young people particularly but also wider communities in building resilience against paramilitary and organised crime,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-community Behaviour: Derry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-community Behaviour: Derry
I will not pretend that I can run through every scheme that the Department is involved in, but we have a relatively small footprint in the work that we do. The Youth Justice Agency is engaged in diversionary programmes dealing particularly with young people. The assets recovery community scheme (ARCS) is used to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-community Behaviour: Derry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-community Behaviour: Derry
Again, I reassure the Member that work has commenced in terms of the design process, the business case and all of the preliminaries that need to be done. However, we cannot start to cut the sod on those two major pieces of the jigsaw until we know that we have the resources to do so. I know that the Member visits the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: His Majesty's Prison Magilligan Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: His Majesty's Prison Magilligan
As the Member knows, we remain absolutely committed to a replacement facility being built at Magilligan. Initially, the plan was for the residential accommodation and the kitchen and dining accommodation to move forward as a single project. Due to the restrictions on resources in the Department, particularly in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: His Majesty's Prison Magilligan Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: His Majesty's Prison Magilligan
Prior to the calling of the election, it was anticipated that the Bill would pass and would receive Royal Assent in early to mid-July. That was the deadline to which my Department was working. However, the Act went through those processes swiftly in the wash-up in Westminster, and, therefore, we are notifying people…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
My Department is working with the UK Government and operational partners on the implementation of the Act. That includes identifying any cases that are within the scope of the legislation, notifying the individuals concerned and ensuring that their records are updated. That work is ongoing. Although the number of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
With respect, Mr Speaker, I am not sure that the general election is a matter that falls to the Department of Justice, nor do I believe that the question is particularly appropriate. I cannot use my resources in the Department to promote my campaign; equally, I do not think that other parties should use the Chamber to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: High Court Judgement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: High Court Judgement
I will do what is right in front of the law and the Assembly. The specifics of the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act — the four clauses — are one element of that consideration, and they are an important one, but the wider ramifications of the judgement for the ability of the House, Committees and,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: High Court Judgement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: High Court Judgement
A range of support is available for people who go to trial in rape cases. One of them is that people have the right to seek special measures that mean that they do not have to go to the court and give their evidence in public. Some of the reforms that Sir John Gillen's review proposed have been implemented and are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rape Victims: Trial Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rape Victims: Trial Support
I would be interested to meet the Member to further discuss that first point. That issue has not specifically been raised with me through the Department, but I would be keen to address it if there is a gap in provision. We had hoped to provide the children's sexual offences legal adviser (CSOLA) this year, but we did…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rape Victims: Trial Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rape Victims: Trial Support
I am planning a range of reforms that will add to the supports for rape victims, such as the establishment of remote evidence centres, advocacy and sexual offences legal advisers (SOLAs), which my Department has already introduced. Those new measures include legislation to provide for greater regulation of the use of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rape Victims: Trial Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rape Victims: Trial Support
The work that the commissioner designate has done is hugely important. As Members will be aware, when we appointed a commissioner, the idea was that that person would lead on areas such as hate crime and domestic violence and abuse. Her work on that has been extremely strong; she has not only challenged the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Victims of Crime Commissioner Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Victims of Crime Commissioner
The commissioner designate and her office continue to represent the needs, rights and interests of all victims of crime. I am very grateful for the engagement that the commissioner designate and her team have taken forward with victims and their families and for her identification of priority areas for change. Not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Victims of Crime Commissioner Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Victims of Crime Commissioner
I recognise the very important contribution already being made by the Commissioner Designate for Victims of Crime in giving a voice to victims and representing their needs and interests. I plan to introduce legislation before the end of the mandate to put the role of Commissioner for Victims of Crime on a statutory…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Victims of Crime Commissioner Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Victims of Crime Commissioner
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