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Mrs Pam Cameron: Assembly records
All of Mrs Pam Cameron’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. May I ask you to advise on the First Minister's comments about the death threat received by Councillor Paul Duffy? My colleague Jonny Buckley went on the record in the House, when the First Minister was in the Chamber, to condemn that death threat. This party does…
I thank the Justice Minister for her answer. Does the Minister agree that elected representatives should be trying to help to ease the pressures on our policing rather than adding to those pressures on policing resource? Will she, as Justice Minister, condemn the First Minister and, indeed, other elected…
I will be brief. I support the extension of the Committee Stage of the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill, but I record my party's concern that, even with the proposed extension, the available time for scrutiny is unlikely to be sufficient for legislation of such complexity and constitutional significance. It…
I express my utter revulsion at the crimes of Jeffrey Donaldson. His conviction and sentencing have exposed horrific abuse inflicted on two children. There is no excuse for what he did. His actions were disgusting. They were vile, and the responsibility for those actions rests squarely with him. My thoughts are, first…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Does he agree that, when a school has capacity and is willing to admit additional pupils, parents should have the greatest possible opportunity to secure a place for their child in that school?
I thank the First Minister for finally turning up today. On several occasions today, she has referred to the fact that she will continue to turn up. She did not turn up last week; in fact, when I bumped into her and Mary Lou in the corridor last week straight after the question that she did not turn up for, she…
I thank the Minister for his depressing update. Does he not think that it is highly hypocritical of Sinn Féin to talk about things being held up at the Executive when, in fact, it is that party that is blocking many of the things on which we all agree?
This is a very important topic. Does the Minister find it ironic that Ms Sheerin is demanding more laws while she and her party blatantly choose to break laws that we already have in place?
I thank the Member for giving way again. Does the Member recognise that this type of Bill has been proposed at Westminster? Parliament has been working on it for somewhere between six and eight years but has not been able to come up with an answer, such is the controversy. Is the Member concerned about the length of…
I thank the Member for giving way. She has outlined much of the detail of the Bill. Does she agree that, regardless of where we end up with the Bill, given its ambiguity and all the uncertainties, questions and concerns that are out there, should the Bill be enacted, it would cause a huge chilling effect, not just for…
It is South Antrim. Thank you. I appreciate the Member's giving way again. He referred to objections to the Bill as homophobic and transphobic: I am neither of those things. I was able to quote, when I spoke previously in the debate, from the ongoing conversations that I have with my trans woman friend — a man who…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he not understand that the crimes that he mentioned are already covered in law and by much harsher sentences, should they be proved, than the Bill would allow?
I thank the Member for giving way. I ask him this question genuinely: if, as he believes, the Bill has so many exemptions and so many people would not be captured under it, what is the point of the legislation? If he is aware of abuses or harmful conversion therapy practices, can he tell us what those are?
I thank the Member for giving way. Has she read any of the evidence from the Gay Men's Network (GMN)? It contains some very serious concerns. In evidence that it provided to me, it states: "We stand against this weaponisation of identity at the expense of rational debate. We are gay men, and we consider this…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would like some clarity from you, given that your office has received correspondence from the Christian Institute, the Free Speech Union and Genspect UK, saying: "Given the significant public interest in this bill, we would welcome clear guidance from the chair confirming that…
I thank the Minister for her answer. I know that the Kelly family will be relieved, rightly so, that that murderer is no longer roaming the streets. The case demonstrates the importance of the rule of law. The dogs on the street know that Michelle O'Neill stood proudly breaking the law and calling for others to do the…
I thank my colleague for that intervention. I agree wholeheartedly with him. It is clear that there are very real fears around the reach of the legislation. That is not just from straight, socially conservative politicians. Many people are rightly alarmed by the impact that the legislation could have. That absolutely…
I thank the sponsor for his intervention. The proposed legislation goes much further than the examples that he has given. In fact, I will quote again my trans woman friend who has been in contact with me over recent days. She said: "To be frank, I really don't know why he" — her words, not mine — "has put gender in…
I thank the Bill sponsor for his intervention. I will continue my remarks. Instead, the Bill takes concepts that are already addressed in law and lowers important thresholds and surrounds them with vague, subjective and undefined terminology — and we have heard so much undefined terminology this evening. I know that,…
At the outset, I say that abuse is abhorrent, whether it be coercion, cruelty, humiliation, violence or abuse that is directed against any person because of their sexual orientation or how they understand their gender. However, opposing abuse does not require us to support a badly drafted Bill, nor should legitimate…
Thank you for taking an intervention. Does the Member recognise the following? I have not yet had the chance to speak, so he may not, but I inform the Chamber that I have been contacted by a member of the trans community, a trans woman — a man who transitioned into a woman many years ago. That trans woman is very…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. If Mrs Long is referring to my requesting several times that the Member give way, I say that I did not receive an indication from the Member that she did not want to give way. That is why I was trying to make my voice heard.