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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 flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he was aware that the Irish Football Association was engaged with a private provider on the development of a National Football Training Centre, whilst also in negotiation with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council on the previously agreed site at Birch Hill Road, Antrim.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the potential impact that the new EU-Mercosur agreement will have on the agricultural sector in Northern Ireland.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much indeed to the Minister for looking at one of our substantial issues, in particular, the agriculture piece. The Minister will be aware that, admittedly, it is under the Hungarian presidency, but the European Commission recently looked at its negotiating position in reference to…
On a point of guidance, the Member will find a paper that mentions all of those things on the Ulster Unionist Party website. I would be delighted if everyone read it, because it contains a method for moving ahead.
Sorry, allow me to finish without interrupting, please. You have given me an opportunity to speak, and I am trying to answer your point. The question has to be this: what would give us a stronger negotiating hand? If the Assembly, as a whole, said, "With this, we will not put up", would that not be a much stronger…
I thank the Member for his remarks. The key question is this: what would be our strongest negotiating hand with the European Union and the British Government? Would it not be much stronger if we all rejected it and said, "This will —"
I thank the Members who have contributed to the debate so far. In some ways, it has been educational, but, in other ways, it has not been. I will speak on the democratic consent mechanism and our party's opposition to the retention of articles 5 to 10 inclusive of the Windsor framework. I will talk about politics and…
Mr Speaker, thank you for your words. Obviously, considerable issues have been raised about the comments that were made yesterday. I fully accept your ruling, and I apologise to the House. The only thing that I wish to do in the House is ensure that there is good order, good governance and, above all, proper debate. I…
I thank the Minister for her remarks made so far. Further to her remarks just made about Reval2030, obviously, we have known for some time that LPS has been involved in a lot of preparatory work for that. Can the Minister indicate when we will be ready to go with Reval2030? With the preparatory work that has already…
Thank you very much, Minister, for your remarks so far. I will not give you a woo-hoo. Minister, it is good to see that you can utilise financial transactions capital. What sort of quantum of FTC is the Minister looking at applying for? Are the charities and associations suitably resourced to match it, within the FTC…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker, and a point of contention. I have been in the Assembly long enough to realise when people may be pushing boundaries. It is your prerogative, as Chair, to address that, particularly in relation to Mr Gaston. We need to apply that equally, however, and I do not see…
The question is quite simple. Given that significant mismatch in pensions, at what stage will the Commission take the appropriate action and expedite the move by whatever form the pay and pension group takes. When will that happen?
I declare an interest as chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly pensions trustees. Thank you very much indeed for your comments. Obviously, there are considerable concerns among MLAs. Speaking, in some respects, as their shop steward on the issue of pensions, it is clear that Members' pensions are significantly out of…
Minister, as well as FTC, you will be aware that Andy Burnham has been able to reach out to the likes of the National Wealth Fund and funding for GB Energy. Has the Minister tasked Neil Gibson and his merry bunch of staff to talk to people like Andy Burnham to see what we could do with other funding that seems to be…
The debate is topical and timely, and I thank the signatories to the motion for bringing it to the House. In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the popularity — indeed, even a greater normalisation — of non-surgical cosmetic procedures. A number of reasons lie behind the spike in demand. Perhaps one of its…