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Dr Steve Aiken OBE: Assembly records
All of Dr Steve Aiken OBE’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 Education, given the number of pupils in Foundation Stage presenting with special educational needs, to outline any assessment that has been made as to whether the current cap of 30 pupils per classroom is too high for one teacher to effectively manage.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any proposals he has to support Northern Ireland elite athletes in their preparation for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 53422/22-27, to detail (i) which section of her Department provided her with the information that there were no prisoners at large; and (ii) any steps she is taking to ensure that members of the Legislative Assembly are provided with accurate information from her…
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 53422/22-27, given that her answer stated that no prisoners were unaccounted for, to detail why the media are reporting that the PSNI is appealing for information to locate a prisoner, who has been a large for more than six months.
To ask the Minister of Education in light of his comments that the CCEA’s withdrawal of German qualifications will not affect the availability of German language qualifications in schools, to detail any costs of providing German GCSE and A-Levels from other awarding bodies.
To ask the Minister of Education in light of his comments that the CCEA’s withdrawal of German qualifications will not affect the availability of German language GCSE and A-levels in schools, to detail (i) any report which contributed to the CCEA’s decision; and (ii) any consideration his Department has taken on…
In October 2006, a deal was done at St Andrews to which the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP were strongly opposed. It was designed to "appease the extremes". Those were the words of Jonathan Powell, who was very much involved in the negotiations. The deal was done behind the backs of the UUP and the SDLP and was…
Many times, the Northern Ireland Executive have been as a democratic outlier in our nation, on this island and, indeed, across Europe. The fact that no confidence motions have been tabled under the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on the First Minister and the Economy, Finance and Infrastructure Ministers for failing to…
I thank the Minister for his answer. The Minister will be aware that, when the Treasury came to do the open-book exercise, one issue that was raised was the cost of providing public services in Northern Ireland compared with the costs in England and Wales. The Fiscal Council report looked quite closely at those…
Thank you, Minister. It is particularly telling that the previous British ambassador to Berlin, Jill Gallard CMG CVO, started her love of the German language at Ballyclare High School. Many more who have studied the language are particularly concerned by CCEA's short-term view. The Minister will be aware that funding…
Does the Member feel that there is a bit of a contradiction here? We have one Member from the Alliance Party bringing in the Hunting with Dogs Bill, yet we have a Minister who is quite happy to cull cattle that are perfect and which should not have been killed at all?
I would like to have said that it is good to have the Minister here listening to the debate. Over many years in the Chamber, I have seen Ministers be held to account. Some Ministers have shown backbone by being here to listen to what is being said. It is up to Ministers to give as good as they get, to explain the…
I thank the Member very much indeed for taking an intervention. Is she aware that, every time that we have raised issues to do with the Windsor framework in the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee, the Alliance Party, especially the Minister, has always said, "No, that is Brexit's problem"? The Minister…
On 7 October, three years ago, the worst atrocity since the Holocaust was committed on the Jewish people. On Simchat Torah, one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar, thousands of Hamas terrorists, Palestinian jihadists and so-called Palestinians crossed into southern Israel. They murdered, raped and tortured…
Dr Aiken asked the Minister of Education, after acknowledging that it was good to hear the news about the programme for international student assessment (PISA) scores, why German, one of the most important modern languages, is being dropped by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) at the…
Exclusion of the First Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the First Minister no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the Garvaghy…
Exclusion of the Minister for the Economy from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister for the Economy no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful…
Exclusion of the Minister of Finance from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister of Finance no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the…
Exclusion of the Minister for Infrastructure from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister for Infrastructure, no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the…