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Mr Timothy Gaston: Assembly records
All of Mr Timothy Gaston’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. You referred directly to me in your remarks. What you are referring to showed exactly what happened in the Chamber, so what is your issue with a true transcript of what happened? All you are trying to do is follow on from shutting down the original debate. You do not want to…
I start my remarks on the Sinn Féin motion on a point of agreement: no one in the House should oppose opportunity for our young people. If a student from Northern Ireland wishes to study in Dublin or Cork, it is their right to make that choice; indeed, the TUV has a very capable young man working in our Westminster…
I begin my remarks by reading into the record an open letter that Mr Paul Toombs sent to the Justice Minister last week: “Dear Minister Long, I am writing to express my profound disgust and sense of betrayal regarding your comments on the Nolan Show … I was horrified to hear you … equate the actions of terrorists with…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of previous Freedom of Information responses indicating that any decision on the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) participating in events, such as Belfast Pride, requires consultation with both the First Minister and deputy First Minister, why there…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail why, in light of the fact that the deputy First Minister was representing Northern Ireland when she accepted an invitation to Wimbledon, there was no mention of it on the Executive Office's social media accounts.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail a breakdown of any expenditure by (i) his Department; and (ii) its arm's-length bodies associated with participation in Pride parades, in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) parade; (b) arm's-length body; and (c) nature of spend.
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 28291/22-27, to confirm whether any consideration was given to the views of civil servants, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, who hold conscientious or faith-based objections to Belfast Pride.
UncertainCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the rationale for the decision of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to participate in Belfast Pride 2025, including (i) any consideration given to the political nature of the event; (ii) whether the Executive’s position on puberty blockers was considered during the…
To ask the Minister of Finance how he reconciles the duty of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to remain apolitical with the decision to take part in this year’s Belfast Pride, particularly in light of Belfast Pride's decision to ban political parties following the Executive’s decision in relation to puberty blockers.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any consideration given to the views of civil servants, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, who hold conscientious or faith-based objections to Belfast Pride when the Northern Ireland Civil Service made the decision to participate in this year’s event.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in light of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) decision to participate corporately in Belfast Pride, whether NICS staff will be permitted, as NICS staff, to take part in other events such as pro-life marches.
UncertainCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics.
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of media reports stating that the General Medical Council erases the public disciplinary history of doctors who change their gender identities, to detail any efforts he has made to ensure there are no doctors working in Northern Ireland who have obtained a gender recognition…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 15666/22-27, to answer the question as to their agreed departmental definition of a woman.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the rationale for approving the appointment of Patricia MacBride to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, in light of reports of how she previously described her brother as an IRA volunteer who was killed on active service in 1984.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls, for their assessment of biological men gaining access to female-only spaces.
Thank you very much. On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. At the start of business today, the Speaker advised the House that he had written to Members to advise them of the so-called democratic consent vote on the continuing application of the protocol in Northern Ireland. Will the Speaker's Office confirm that…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the current advice provided to schools on using pronouns which are not the same as a pupil's biological sex without informing the pupil's parent or guardian.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will withdraw the document entitled Guidance for Schools, EOTAS Centres and Youth Service on Supporting Transgender Young People, published by the Education Authority.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will seek assurances from senior management at the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service that firefighters at Armagh Fire Station will no longer pose with, or publish photographs of, the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship trophy.
UncertainCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of whether the actions of firefighters at Armagh Fire Station posing with the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship trophy is consistent with the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service's responsibilities as a fair and equitable employer.
UncertainCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.