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Mr Paul Frew: Assembly records

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

1,379 records match, page 20 of 56.

  3. Debate contribution: Energy Security: Renewables

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. Does he recognise, as I do, that, with regard to the North/South interconnector, Sinn Féin talks out of both sides of its mouth? Up in Northern Ireland, it has one policy, but, down in the Republic, it has another. It is about time that Sinn Féin got its act together with regard to…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  5. Debate contribution: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for giving way. In principle, every Member will want to see Caoimhe's law enacted. The Minister gives all those reasons why the Department cannot do Caoimhe's law. How does she expect a Committee with five members of staff to do all that work that she says that the Department cannot do? Is there a…

    Not flagged

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  6. Debate contribution: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for giving way on that point. It is important, and I agree with the concept that all public workers should be protected with that broad brush in law. There is a danger, however, of that broad-brush approach diminishing the actual offence. Is the Minister open to having a sliding scale for assaults…

    Not flagged

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  7. Debate contribution: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for giving way and for the clarification in her speech. The suspended sentence order that she talked about comes with a community requirement, and with that comes the unpaid work requirement, which could be an option for a court. Will the Minister outline what the unpaid work requirement would…

    Not flagged

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  8. Debate contribution: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. I acknowledge the point that she makes about the manner in which we are debating what are sensitive subjects today. The Member talks about hate crime. The good thing about the aggravation piece is that it will be established in a court of law whether the offence was perpetrated by…

    Not flagged

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  9. Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificates

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for his answer. Given that the Minister said that the Chamber will be able to debate this on 26 May, I ask when parents, who so badly need and want these certificates, will be able to obtain one. Will there be some sort of awareness campaign around obtaining a baby loss certificate?

    Not analysed

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  10. Debate contribution: Middle East Conflict: Government Briefings

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for her answer. Useful information given at those critical meetings led to Northern Ireland citizens receiving support to come home and to stay safe. People with British passports and those with Irish passports were able to avail themselves of that support. How can the First Minister justify…

    Not analysed

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  11. Debate contribution: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for her engagement and the clarification. She is right: there will be cases where people are not convicted or proven guilty. There are, therefore, times when it is right for the police to record incidents, but it should also be the case that we are careful about how that information is disclosed,…

    Not flagged

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  12. Debate contribution: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for that intervention; it was very helpful. One issue that comes to mind — there has already been interest in this from MLAs — is that of Harper's law. Whilst the Minister is right to talk about the gestation of the Bill and how long it has taken to get to this point, Harper's law has been about…

    Not flagged

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  13. Member's statement: Minister of Justice: Scrutiny

    • Members' Statements

    To state the obvious, this is a Chamber of robust debate, and so it should be. With that robustness come the scrutiny of legislation and the agreeing of motions in this place. It is right and proper that a legislature is robust and challenging so that the laws that we pass are appropriate. I was alarmed to hear the…

    Not flagged

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  18. Debate contribution: Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022: Infrastructure

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for her answer, but she fails to explain to the House how, she thinks, the existing legislation will cut it. Will she commit to reassessing the unrealistic targets in the Climate Change Act so that she can build the A5, the A4, the A1 and every other road that needs to be built?

    Not analysed

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  20. Member's statement: Fuel Prices

    • Members' Statements

    People are rightly worried about the rise in heating oil prices and the rise in petrol and diesel prices that will inevitably come and has come in a shock fashion. Almost two thirds of homes in Northern Ireland use oil for heating, and, of course, we live in a very rural place, so we all rely on our vehicles and…

    Not flagged

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  22. Topical question AQT 2123/22-27

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Mr Frew asked the Minister for Infrastructure, given the unrealistic targets in the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, which has been an absolute disaster as a result of parties following a populist pipe dream that has turned into a nightmare, what good there is in having an Infrastructure Minister who cannot…

    Not flagged

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  23. Debate contribution: Middle East: Escalating Conflict Involving Iran and the Implications for the United Kingdom

    • Matter of the Day

    I rise to consider the people of Iran, who, for decades, have lived under a totalitarian and draconian dictatorship. Those people deserve freedom, as we enjoy freedom. I hope and pray that we in the UK can do all that we can to have an influence on that freedom spreading to Iran and that the Iranian people will be…

    Flagged Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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