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.
Thank you, First Minister and deputy First Minister, for your statement. I join others in thanking the front-line support agencies for their efforts over the past few days. I believe that in Scotland, for example, they offer hotel accommodation to people who have not got electricity. As you said, First Minister, it…
I recognise Holocaust Memorial Day and emphasise how now, more than ever, we must stand united against antisemitism and all kinds of prejudice, hatred, discrimination and violence. This year's Holocaust Memorial Day is particularly significant, as it marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau,…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any training provided across the Northern Ireland Civil Service on the effective embedding of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework policy and processes.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any changes there have been to European Union equality law since 1 January 2021 which are still outstanding for implementation in law in Northern Ireland.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail when their Department last reviewed the European Union Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, with a view to ensuring there are no gaps in equality protections.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any work their Department has undertaken in relation to providing for intersectionality within equality legislation.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, further to my recent written correspondence and my visit to Newforge Sports Complex and Event Hub, for an update on plans to transfer surplus adjacent land owned by his Department to the complex for potential use as an additional sports facility.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the Belfast City Council's Segregation and the Environment Breaking Down Barriers research report, which highlighted the opportunity to address climate change by reducing segregation.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the work their Department is currently undertaking to prepare for the extension of age as a category in law concerning discrimination in the provision of goods and services.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the provision of a permanent Crisis Fund, in line with the NI Human Rights Commission's Annual Statement 2024.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the contingencies in place to ensure that asylum accommodation is adequate for families with children who have disabilities.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any analysis their Department has undertaken of the EU Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any changes their Department will make by the end of the 2024-25 financial year on how it monitors levels of period poverty.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any work undertaken during 2024 to implement proposals and recommendations in the report of the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition in relation to parades and protests.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any barriers that exist to the full implementation of the actions identified by the Expert Panel on Educational Underachievement, in line with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's Annual Statement.
I thank the Minister for his answer. As you know, Minister, the grammar schools in particular in South Belfast are popular not just with those in the constituency but those from neighbouring constituencies. What consideration is given to that? The children of a lot of the families that I represent cannot get into…
On behalf of the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse (HIA), I appeal for an extension of the deadline for applications to the redress board past 2 April 2025. There are a number of arguments for that extension. First, I acknowledge the work of the HIA implementation unit in the Executive Office in…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps his Department took during 2024 to deliver specialised support services for victims and survivors of conversion therapy practices.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department took during 2024 to implement recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in relation to children’s rights to rest, leisure and recreation, particularly with reference to provision of sports facilities and instruction.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he took during 2024 to provide the necessary financial support, debt relief and education to ensure people are not at risk from illegal lenders.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions he conducted during 2024 with representative organisations of refugees and people seeking asylum in relation to adequate accommodation.
In evidence sessions to the Committee for the Executive Office, we have been advised that there is no definition of "good relations" on the statute book. Will the Executive Office be taking forward work on that?
I oppose the motion. I am, sadly, as disappointed as I am outraged by the gross insensitivity and playing to the audience by the proposers of the motion who, as individuals and as a party, are playing a very dangerous game with some of the most vulnerable people to have been committed to the care of our Prison…