All of Ms Paula Bradshaw’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I thank the Member for giving way. Not for the first time in the Chamber, he has demonstrated that he does not do detail. Had he looked at any of the academic research on memorials, he would know that the word "combatants" is used as a collective noun. It was from there that I took that word. The debate has been…
I thank the Member for giving way. He knows that I am bringing forward a private Member's Bill. When I have raised the issue of flags in the Chamber, he has said that we cannot have statutory agencies coming in and doing exactly what he has just said about removing flags. He said that communities had to be involved.…
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Speaker. Honouring our dead is one of the most profound things that we will do as human beings. It speaks to love, vulnerability and our shared capacity for grief. Across cultures and generations, people carve stones, plant trees and light candles. Those are small gestures that say…
I thank the Member for giving way. I remind Mr Frew, who was here at the time, that every time that I spoke on the COVID regulations, I said that, as a liberal party, we supported them with a very heavy heart.
I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion for debate. As I said to a previous contributor, I raised the issue as a Matter of the Day in the Chamber when the UK Government first announced it, and I have not seen any evidence since that dissuades me from thinking that it is the wrong approach. The proposal will try to…
I thank the Member for giving way. I brought this issue as a Matter of the Day about a month ago, and I referred to it as the "BritCard". I did not really think that that would cause offence, but, that day, it was clear that it does cause offence to some Members. Did you not reflect on that after that Matter of the…
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I remember having conversations many years ago with Ian McSorley from Sandy Row Boxing Club about this very issue, so I am delighted to hear that the Minister is taking firm action today. I share his encouragement and congratulations to Lewis Crocker from my constituency. The…
Ms Bradshaw asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline what work he is doing to build climate resilience to avoid future impacts of flooding, given that he will have seen the heavy flooding at the end of October in constituencies such as hers.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any representation made to the UK Government regarding the reform of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme criteria, given that the scheme currently pays only for permanent damage with a 60 per cent disability threshold and does not currently cover compensation for temporary…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any measures his Department is taking to ascertain the number of people affected by a serious adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine; and (ii) the number of people who have applied to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to ensure that patients presenting with complex post-vaccination symptoms are granted access to diagnostic testing and subsequent treatment and care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any training implemented across the health and social care workforce to ensure all clinicians are aware of known and less well-recognised post-vaccination syndromes; and (ii) how they are being advised to support patients to report to the yellow card adverse reporting system.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what dedicated mental health and practical support is provided to applicants to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
The motion before us today addresses what the Alliance Party views as one of the greatest threats to the stability of devolution, and that is the structural failure of accountability. Across the institutions, there is fundamental and dangerous imbalance. Ministers are given immense power, but the mechanisms to hold…
I thank the Member for giving way. That points cuts to the heart of the matter in that we are reliant in many ways on the courts to rule on whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code, when we should have in our gift the mechanisms and the sanctions to act on such breaches.
I thank the Member for giving way. You will be surprised to hear that I will, in my speech, praise your predecessor for bringing forward the Functioning of Government Act. I am a bit concerned that your amendment does not highlight the fact that there is no automatic sanction and that, under it, whether something…
The update on the plaque is good news. What work is going on between victims and survivors' groups and the Arts Council on the wider programme of memorialisation that the inquiry report recommended?
Pressure on PSNI due to Health System Failings That this Assembly expresses grave concern that failings in the health and social care system are forcing the PSNI to act as the service of last resort for those facing mental ill-health or other forms of health crisis; expresses further severe concern that the PSNI…
To ask the Minister of Justice for his assessment of whether local councils have adequate powers to investigate, and take enforcement action, against retailers who sell fireworks illegally without the appropriate licence.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of whether the Trading Standards Service has sufficient powers to (i) investigate; and (ii) take enforcement action against, retailers who sell fireworks illegally without the appropriate licence.
To ask the Minister of Finance for his assessment of the financial protections in place for those purchasing new-build homes, in terms of quality standards.