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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 of Justice to detail any capital bids she has made to the NI Executive to develop the new PSNI training college at the former Ministry of Defence facility at Kinnegar, Holywood.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any economic analysis his Department conducted on the impact of a 6 per cent rise in shipping in relation to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026; and (ii) whether he will…
To ask the Minister for the Economy following the recent announcement from the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach regarding investment on an electricity interconnector, to detail any implications this may have on the current North South Interconnector project.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of her Written Ministerial Statement on 18 March 2026, to detail (i) any changes she anticipates to the current system of voluntary developer contributions for wastewater infrastructure; and (ii) how her announcement will, in any way, change how Northern Ireland Water…
Thank you very much indeed, Mr Deputy Speaker. I had hoped, probably forlornly, that the debate would be about the real issues and what is going on. I have a couple of declarations of interest to make. The first is that I work very closely with an Iranian diaspora group, and I have recently spent quite a lot of time…
Last week, along with our party leader, I was involved in talks with our Prime Minister and, separately, with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence, Helen McEntee TD. We raised with both of them the very real concerns about the lack of defence and security provisions of our Southern…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran”
Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran - Amendment 1 Leave out all after first ‘international law’ and insert: ‘and condemns Iranian-sponsored global terrorism through Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, as well as the many human rights violations against its citizens in breach of the…
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has any plans for Straid Primary School, which closed at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the information that he used to agree to 50 per cent derogation of carbon tax in accordance with the Maritime (ETS) regulations; (ii) the information he used to not follow the Scottish Government to seek a 100 per cent derogation for its…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any economic impact assessment his Department has made into the maritime Emissions Trading Scheme regulations that are coming into effect from July 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) any safeguards attached to funding to higher and further education institutions; (ii) whether the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism is required to be adopted from higher and further education institutions,…
I thank the Minister for his remarks, and I thank the other members of the Finance Committee who have spoken so far. We expect to raise about £900 million as a result of the rates rise. Members will be aware from evidence that we have received in the Finance Committee that, over the next three-year period, we can…
The Member has hit on a very clear point. There is no sufficient data, full stop, on trade issues North/South or east-west. HMRC should get off its backside and provide some.
I thank the Member for giving way. I agree with most of what he says, but the I-SEM does not work. It has real difficulties, and that is because there are two virtual markets. The main issue with the I-SEM is that the two system are not connected. You cannot run two electricity systems side by side and expect them to…
The Ulster Unionist Party opposes the motion and the amendment. Members will be aware that trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of our nation equates to about £33·3 billion a year. That £33·3 billion compares with trade between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, which comes in at about £55·4…
I note the Member's comment about the high chair, but it is more like a double buggy. If it is, does the Member agree that it makes no difference? If it made a difference, why not just call them the "co-First Ministers"? That sends a strong message to everybody that they are not, in some way, in constant opposition to…
The Ulster Unionist Party welcomes the motion but will not support the amendment. We need to look at the true intent of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. I recently appeared in the media with the leader of the SDLP, when we talked about moving back to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement's factory settings. In…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether (i) the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definitions of antisemitism have been incorporated within the terms of reference of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression; (ii) the Commissioner for the Irish Language has translated the…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) whether higher and further education institutions funding is dependent on the ethical adoption of anti-racism policy; and as part of that, (ii) whether all higher and further education institutions adopt and implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance…