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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.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any assessment his Department made of measures to increase enrolment at Ballycarry Primary School, including the provision of a nursery unit, before approving its closure.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consideration given to amending Universal Credit childcare rules to recognise childcare costs incurred by student parents seeking to improve their qualifications and employment prospects.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will engage with the Department of Health to review Universal Credit childcare support for households where one parent is in employment and the other is undertaking full-time study, with a view to removing barriers to further education and training.
Any of its promises should be treated with the contempt that they deserve. Pat Sheehan sits there smiling and smirking away. I hope that that smile gets wiped off your face when this place crumbles.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. What we see unfolding here is a farce. The First Minister has been on the run from TEO Committee, and now she has confirmed that she is not going to come before it until the end of October. She is on the run from the Assembly, and, although she has given an assurance that she will be…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. You often criticise those on the Back Benches when trying to uphold law and order in the House. How can you take that seat this morning after unlawfully taking part in an illegal protest on the Garvaghy Road? Surely, if we are to take this place seriously, you…
We have entered day 3 of the Portadown district being prevented from lawfully returning home for the first time in 28 years by mob rule. Let us remind ourselves that the active Parades Commission determination, which was tested in the courts twice, allows for 35 Orangemen to walk peacefully and silently along the…
First Minister - Pledge of Office To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, following the First Minister’s participation in an unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026, whether they accept that the Pledge of Office requires Ministers to uphold the rule of law.
Minister for Infrastructure - Pledge of Office To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following her participation in an unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026, whether she accepts that the Pledge of Office requires Ministers to uphold the rule of law.
Minister for the Economy - Pledge of Office To ask the Minister for the Economy, following her participation in an unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026, whether she accepts that the Pledge of Office requires Ministers to uphold the rule of law.
Uncertain: weak signalParades, bonfires and commemorations
Minister of Finance - Pledge of Office To ask the Minister of Finance, following his participation in an unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026, whether he accepts that the Pledge of Office requires Ministers to uphold the rule of law.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he has considered increasing the dependants’ allowance, currently £2,747 for a first child and £652 for each subsequent child, and the Parent Learning Allowance of £1,245, to better reflect the costs faced by student parents.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the eligibility criteria for the dependants’ allowance available to healthcare students, including the rationale for restricting eligibility where a partner earns more than £10,000 per annum.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will review the childcare support available to healthcare students, given the current childcare allowance is £20 per week and eligibility is dependent on receipt of the dependants’ allowance.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment made of the adequacy of the current healthcare students’ bursary of £5,165 per annum, or £430.42 per month, given that the bursary has not increased for a number of years and has not kept pace with inflation.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any support available for carers of patients with pulmonary fibrosis, including (i) respite care; (ii) access to equipment; and (iii) psychological support.
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Under Standing Order 16, I move that the Assembly do now adjourn the debate for a period of seven days. I do so on the basis that, although we are discussing the lawfulness of things under the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill, we cannot challenge the lawlessness of…
Thank you very much, Mr Kingston, for your input. Indeed, going back to some of the comments that I have made on the verses referenced, if a pastor or a minister takes said person to First Corinthians and talks them through it, they might not be saying, "You need to change your way", but First Corinthians quite openly…
I thank the Minister for his intervention. I completely understand why he is concerned about that. I have listened to Mr Tennyson who has been at pains to say that that is not the case, but the reality is that it is not about what Mr Tennyson says in the Chamber; it is about what is written in the Bill. If somebody…
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I will take your advice to move on at this hour. I will look at the medical exemption in clause 4, which raises further questions. The Bill exempts therapy provided by persons regulated by four specified bodies and acting within those bodies' professional standards. I take the Bill…
— my reading of the Bill is that, if that were to happen on two or more occasions and the child were to present as alarmed or distressed — the fluffy words in the legislation — that would fall within its ambit. I am happy to give way to the Bill sponsor.