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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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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
Will the Member accept that, given that part of Judge Marrinan's report still has to go to consultation, it would be impossible to legislate within a 12-month window?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. First of all, I want to put on record my pleasure that the Assembly has taken an interest in this important issue and also that it gives me the opportunity to clarify my ongoing commitment to successfully delivering hate crime legislation in the current mandate. I want to begin by stating…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
I thank the Member for giving way. All those crimes are already on the books. The purpose of hate crime legislation is to add an aggravator, but does the Member accept that we cannot deal with telecommunications because that is a reserved matter?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
Does the Member accept that, under the aggravator model that Judge Marrinan recommended and that I hope to introduce, when somebody commits a crime — for example, an assault such as the one that you have just mentioned — the hate motive that is being made out is an aggravating factor? If they are not convicted of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
I thank the Member for giving way. Can he just reassure me that the Ulster Unionist Party's position on hate crime legislation has not changed, because his colleague who currently occupies the Chair wanted to bring forward a private Member's Bill in the last mandate to bring forward those aggravators? I am interested…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
Watch yourself.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland
Does the Member accept that those budget strains and stresses also apply to the Department, and, indeed, to every part of the justice system?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Independent Inquiry into the Alleged Use of Wiretapping of Northern Ireland Journalists Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Independent Inquiry into the Alleged Use of Wiretapping of Northern Ireland Journalists
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Independent Inquiry into the Alleged Use of Wiretapping of Northern Ireland Journalists Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Independent Inquiry into the Alleged Use of Wiretapping of Northern Ireland Journalists
I am grateful to the leader of the Opposition for tabling this important motion and to all Members who have participated in the debate. At the outset, I make it very clear that I share the concerns that have been raised widely about the alleged routine surveillance of journalists. Journalism is not a crime, and a free…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Independent Inquiry into the Alleged Use of Wiretapping of Northern Ireland Journalists Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Independent Inquiry into the Alleged Use of Wiretapping of Northern Ireland Journalists
As the Chair has recognised, this did not happen because it was brought at Consideration Stage, so the drawing of any conclusions in that regard does not follow through in logical terms. I welcome the opportunity to put it on the record clearly that neither I nor my officials misled the Assembly in any way — not in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
To be clear, I did not walk the Assembly into anything. The Assembly, in fact, scrutinised the legislation, and the Act is an Act of the Assembly. The Member who has asked the question was in the Chamber and, indeed, raised objections to other elements of the Bill but not to that provision. I will also correct him…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
As I have already said, it is a complex and detailed legal judgement, and it has implications not just for this particular legislation but potentially for the House. Appeal is therefore always an option. I will, however, want to consider all my available options carefully and in conjunction with the Department's legal…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Legal challenges to sections 12 to 16 of the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, which relate to the anonymity of persons suspected of a sexual offence, were heard in the High Court on 22 April and 23 April, and Mr Justice Humphreys delivered his judgement on 31 May. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
The draft Damages (Process for Setting Rate of Return) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 That the draft Damages (Process for Setting Rate of Return) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: The draft Damages (Process for Setting Rate of Return) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: The draft Damages (Process for Setting Rate of Return) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
I have been to prisons quite a bit since returning as Justice Minister. As in all parts of the public sector, things have been challenging in prisons, in particular, owing to the significant numbers of people there. I have, however, seen good morale in many parts of the prison system and, I have to say, creative and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Prison Service Morale Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Prison Service Morale
There are two elements to that question. The first concerns a public inquiry. As I have said, I believe that, in the first instance, it is right to allow the Policing Board to review with the Chief Constable what actions may or may not be appropriate from it and, indeed, from him. Depending on the outcome of that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Journalists: PSNI Surveillance Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Journalists: PSNI Surveillance
First, I very much share the concerns that have been raised more widely about the routine surveillance of journalists and lawyers. Journalism is not a crime, and a free press is critical to having a free society. Similarly, solicitor and client privilege is essential if we are to have an effective justice system that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Journalists: PSNI Surveillance Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Journalists: PSNI Surveillance
As I said earlier, one of the consequences of the limited budget that we have available is that everything will be slower. The opportunity, for example, to open more courts, recruit more skilled staff and enhance the throughput of the court system, including the payment of legal aid to those in need of financial…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Criminal Courts: Delays Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Criminal Courts: Delays
Tackling delay is probably one of the biggest challenges facing the justice system, and it is a key priority for me and the Department. COVID had a significant impact. We had backlogs from COVID that will take time to clear, and we did not receive the resources that we would have needed to do that. Before COVID,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Criminal Courts: Delays Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Criminal Courts: Delays
I absolutely agree. It had been my intention to do that in the previous mandate. However, the limitations of the then re-scoped Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill and the subsequent engagement of the Department's policy and legislative resources in the delivery of that meant that it was not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Vagrancy Laws: Repeal Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Vagrancy Laws: Repeal
Work on the review of the Vagrancy Act 1824 and the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847 is ongoing. My intention is to repeal the provisions in those Acts that apply to Northern Ireland in the current mandate.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Vagrancy Laws: Repeal Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Vagrancy Laws: Repeal
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