All of Dr Steve Aiken OBE’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Reducing Household Energy Costs (Revised Wording)”
Reducing Household Energy Costs (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘energy security’ and insert: 'and recognises the considerable vulnerability in our grid infrastructure; stresses the need for an independent review of SONI and NIE Networks’ failure to properly invest in our grid and the exorbitant…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any forward planning, or horizon scanning, that has been conducted on the forthcoming revised European Union Union Customs Code.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail whether he plans to (i) explain; and (ii) publish, a full set of rules and regulations for the use of Financial transactions capital, so that other organisations can avail of the revised understanding of loan and equity accounting, as explained by the Minister, in relation to…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any surveillance his Department has introduced to ensure that the UK Internal Market is protected from sub standard or harmful agriculture goods and products entering NI from the EU via the Irish Republic.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the qualifications his Department has to process applications for marine licensing.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how his Department will ensure travellers, hauliers and businesses are aware of the rules on meat imports, including the risk of disease introduction and associated penalties.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline whether (i) historic flood risk mapping has been conducted; and (ii) drain and watercourse dredging in risk areas, has been prioritised.
Minister, the FTC is not to be repaid to the Treasury as a loan, so will it be treated as a loan in your accounting processes? How will we account for it?
Leasehold Property Rights and Transparency That this Assembly recognises the urgent need for legislation and policy development to better protect leasehold property owners; notes with concern the lack of transparency, ownership rights and accountability currently faced by many leaseholders, particularly in complex…
I thank the Member very much for giving way. He will note the debate about the Knockmore line that we had in here not so long ago. The Ulster Unionist Party fully supports the circle line — the Knockmore line — and wants to see as much sustainable connectivity across these islands and beyond as possible, hence my…
I will start by making a declaration of interest as chair of the all-party group on aerospace. Our amendment would enhance the motion by focusing on three key areas of what should be in an aviation strategy for Northern Ireland that I will shortly outline. It is worth noting that we are at a considerable disadvantage…
Last week, Denmark had to consider declaring a state of emergency as drones closed airspace and airports across the country, causing millions of kroner worth of disruption. In Sweden, drones flew over the Karlskrona naval base. In Norway, drones interrupted flights at Bardufoss and Oslo. Cyberattacks have been…
The Ulster Unionist Party, not surprisingly, vehemently opposes any attempt to introduce digital ID. Far from being the "bedrock of the modern state", as Labour's new enforcer in the Cabinet Office, Darren Jones, called it, it is designed to act as a control mechanism, and it is fundamentally un-British. However,…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 28004/22-27, to detail (i) who is the line manager of the Head of Civil Service; (a) in which documentation the awarding of her performance related pay bonuses is laid out; and (b) whether they will lay same documentation in the NI Assembly Library;…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Addressing the Failure to Deliver a Northern Ireland Aviation Strategy (Revised Wording)”
Addressing the Failure to Deliver a Northern Ireland Aviation Strategy (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘must treat all’ and insert: ‘main Northern Ireland airports equitably; calls on the Minster for the Economy to put priority on promotion of travel to Northern Ireland through our own airports and…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in relation to the Holding the Irish Government to Account on Legacy motion in the Assembly on 23 September 2025, and her subsequent comments on the Nolan Show on 24 September 2025 regarding victims and the perpetrators of violence, (i) whether this is the position of the Department of…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Departmental risk register identifies EU emissions regulations as a threat to the current security of energy supply.