All of Mr Phillip Brett’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail, (i) any requirement under the Taxi Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 for her Department to carry out a review of fares; (ii) when the last review took place; and (iii) when the next review will be published.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment she has made of companies found to not be paying the minimum wage, being appointed to public boards.
I appreciate the Member's giving way. I know that she is sincere in what she says, but would she not equally accept that no one on this side of the House raised objections to the Bill because of someone's sexual orientation? The concerns of those of us on these Benches have been around the Bill's being so expansive…
I appreciate the Member's giving way, and I hope that I will not incur the wrath of the Deputy Speaker. In rebutting your point earlier, the Bill sponsor quoted Dr Cass's support for the Westminster legislation. Will the Member come to the clear differences between the proposed Westminster legislation and the Bill…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I do not seek to challenge you in any way. Given that gender identity comes under clause 6, and the Bill sponsor has refused to define "gender identity" on repeated occasions, and he has refused to define it in his explanatory and financial memorandum, and given the historic…
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
I appreciate the Member's giving way. He rightly articulates that it is the first time that the term "gender identity" is proposed to be used in Northern Ireland legislation. From my perspective, that is why it was all the more alarming that, when Members on these Benches tried to raise concerns about the issue, not…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. On clause 8 and the issue of "distress", I do not know about him, but, when I read the sponsor's consultation document, I saw that it spoke about the threshold being "substantial distress". At clause 8 of the Bill that is before us, the word "substantial", as proposed in the…
I thank the Member for giving way. I know that some Members seem perplexed that Members from these Benches dare to articulate the concerns of our constituents, whom we are here to serve. It is on that point that my mailbox has been heavily inundated by parents and grandparents who are extremely concerned about the…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. Members on these Benches have articulated our concerns in relation to reasonableness. The Bill proposes to create a ridiculous position in which citizens potentially enter the criminal process and then have to rely on showing that their behaviour was "reasonable". That is not the…
It is clear that the Member opposite has not been in the Chamber for the whole debate. She came in earlier, made an intervention and then showed huge discourtesy by leaving, and then she came back. If she had been in the Chamber for your remarks, she would know that you read out comments from members of the gay…
Uncertain: close callGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Identity framing, Controversy escalation.
Mr Carroll inadvertently highlighted one of the major concerns with the Bill, which, I think, my colleague was going to articulate. It has been borne out by the consultation responses that a lot of professionals, including teachers, who are governed by different professional standards authorities and who are required…
Clause 7 gets more concerning, because it specifies not just what the victim may consider their gender to be but what they consider it "is, or may be". The person does not even need to be certain, yet affirmation is expressly identified in the legislation. The sponsor's EFM describes it as somebody's: "simply…
Can the Member familiarise the House again with the work of CARE? It is my understanding that it helped to draft and pass landmark legislation in the House that focused on tackling human trafficking here in Northern Ireland. Any attempt to slur that organisation bears no resemblance to fact or reality.