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Ms Paula Bradshaw: Assembly records
All of Ms Paula Bradshaw’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to address staffing levels in Emergency Departments, particularly overnight when fewer doctors are available.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken in Emergency Departments to prevent blood results and other important patient information from being lost.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any changes being considered to ensure that patients waiting for service in Emergency Departments receive clear and timely communication.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You know well that I suggested at the Business Committee today that we come back tomorrow and, if we do not complete, we come back on Thursday. As far as I am concerned, that would have been two full plenary days that I was up for. I also said that I would be prepared to work through…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I appreciate that, and I have an extensive summation. However, if the Bill passes the Second Stage, I am happy to engage with the Infrastructure Committee on the points that have been raised. I am content for the Question to be put. The Deputy Speakers who have sat in the Chair over…
I thank the Member for giving way. This is about the code of practice and those who have statutory responsibilities. I had thought about adding — you will see this written in pen — the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British Tradition and the Irish Language Commissioner to the list. On the point about…
I thank the Member. The police agreed that they would support the contractors in taking down the recent flag at the bottom of the Lisburn Road and Sandy Row, so the police are willing to provide support. The fundamental point, however, is this: why are we giving cover by saying that, because it is too difficult a…
That is exactly what you said. The record will show that, for the past two hours, you have said that there is great work, and that I applaud and recognise that, and now you are saying that the problem is a lot bigger than your colleagues have been indicating all afternoon. You cannot have it both ways.
I thank the Member for giving way on that point. We have spent the past couple of hours hearing DUP contributions about how there is great communication, great engagement and the vast majority of flags come down within a reasonable time, so what the Member just said contradicts that.
I thank the Member for letting me come in. A financial assessment has been done. Committee members have that; it is in the EFM. It is estimated at around £27,000-plus per year. That is on the basis of an average of 165 complaints a year. It has been costed through. It is there, it is in the EFM, and members of the…
There is nothing in the Bill or in the EFM at all around criminalising people who engage with this process. The only way that somebody will be on the wrong side of the law is if they try to obstruct the removal of flags. You used the word "criminalising" in the wrong context, and I am going to err on the side of…
I think that the Member is missing the entire purpose of the Bill. It is about ensuring that our public property, in the form of our lighting columns, is not abused through the use of flags or emblems. The alternative would have been for me to bring forward a Bill that placed a duty on the Department to remove all…
I addressed the excessive period issue earlier. You may wish to reflect on what I said by reading the Hansard report. However, a lot of that is taken from the FICT code of practice, which, obviously, is not set in stone. The basis, however, was there for anybody who was preparing for this debate to look at, and, as I…
Just for the record, when I introduced my proposals, the Bill Office had to assess my Bill against human rights considerations. The Bill was sent to the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for their comments. Whilst I am not under an obligation in that regard, we have tested it.
Yes, without question. When it is Pride Week in Belfast, put the flags up and take them down. I know, however, that the organisers of Belfast Pride would use the portal. That is the point. People would then know why the flags were up and who would take them down.