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Dr Steve Aiken OBE: Assembly records
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Thank you very much indeed, Minister, for your statement. It is interesting that you referred to the £52·5 million of FTC, which comes back as £51·2 million after being reclassified, that you will use as an offset. Under the Treasury's green book rules, an FTC offset can be used only as a loan, equity, derivative or…
Thank you very much indeed. Aside from my shock at being asked to ask question 13, I should have made a declaration of interest as having a close relationship with Larne Swimming Club. Minister, although they have now been reopened, some swimming clubs, particularly Larne, have lost considerable revenue due to the…
First, I declare an interest as the vice chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association working group on AI in democracy. The Welsh Government are taking the lead on utilising AI, which includes looking at Microsoft Copilot and its enhanced security issues. I ask that the Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser,…
Last week at The Hague, NATO made a historic commitment to increase defence spending to 5%. It did so in recognition of the rapidly deteriorating international environment, with no let-up in Russia's ongoing hybrid war, with near-continuous missile, drone and bombing attacks on Ukraine, and its campaign of sabotage,…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail whether any business cases have been raised by the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Infrastructure to the Department of Finance for additional funding for legal and consultancy services.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in light of the use of forensic accountants by the Department for Infrastructure in examining the accounts of NI Water, to outline if there are any proposals for similar investigations across other Departments.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the services of the forensic accountants, who examined NI Water, was put out to open competition and followed the normal Northern Ireland Civil Service procurement procedures.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail her Department's costs for the (i) external legal advice and counsel; and (ii) consultancy fees, to date, for (a) the Hightown Incinerator; (b) the Dalradian Curraghinhalt Project; and (c) the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.
I made considerable notes for the debate. However, there is not much point in going through them. They were well-considered points. They spoke to points of international law, the Geneva Convention and the various rules set out under the genocide convention of 1948 and how those were measured. One reason why I asked to…
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When the so-called flotilla was making its way towards Gaza, it left Somalis sitting in the water and created an international incident, when it should have been rescuing people? That was some form of humanitarian effort, eh?
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Under Standing Order 13, I would like to make a point of order on the inclusion in the Order Paper of the private Members' motion entitled "End Israeli Impunity in Gaza". I wish you to adjudicate as to whether the motion is compatible with the International Holocaust Remembrance…
Today, many of our councils are marking Armed Forces Week 2025 by raising the Armed Forces Day support flag. I am very pleased to say that, this morning, the flag was raised in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council by our mayor, Leah Kirkpatrick. While not all councils across our nation show the same respect to…
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline what proposals his Department is making for cross Northern Ireland Civil Service and arm's-length bodies introduction of Artificial Intelligence.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) which (a) executive departments; and (b) arm's-length bodies, are not utilising the Cloud; and (ii) the reasons for this.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “End Israeli Impunity in Gaza”
End Israeli Impunity in Gaza - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘condemns’ and insert: ‘the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on 7 October 2023, the killing of civilians, and the continued holding of hostages, and appeals for their immediate and unconditional release; reaffirms that all civilian life, whether…
Minister, we are utilising financial transactions capital (FTC), which, of course, must be repaid. Was any consideration given to using funding from the National Wealth Fund or the British Business Bank, which seem to be the alternatives that HM Treasury has mentioned for infrastructure projects?
Thank you very much, Minister, for your remarks. I notice the £559 million of debt relief from the 2024 restoration package. Does that realign the baseline for the Budget and the Estimates this year? It does not, Jayne? OK.