All of Mr Timothy Gaston’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 First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they will commit to publishing all documents relating to regulatory divergence produced by the Post-EU Exit Coordination Group.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail whether a cross-Northern Ireland Civil Service divergence tracker, as referenced in media reports on 5 May 2025, is in existence.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) to detail whether Belfast City Council has any power to change Sunday trading laws; and (ii) , following the decision taken by Belfast City Council on 1 May 2025, to detail any action she is taking on what has been described as a temporary relaxation of enforcement of Sunday…
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail whether Belfast City Council has any power to change Sunday trading laws; and (ii) , following the decision taken by Belfast City Council on 1 May 2025, to detail any action he is taking on what has been described as a temporary relaxation of enforcement of Sunday…
In many ways, the motion in the Order Paper today sums up the problem with the wretched Belfast Agreement. The Belfast Agreement was sold to unionists as a settlement. We were told that, if you swallow the pill of murderers being released from prison, if you accept that the IRA's political wing will have a place at…
FlaggedConstitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereigntyCriteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.
I thank the Minister for his answer. The answers to recent questions from me have exposed the fact that the Loughs Agency maintained three boardrooms yet secured zero prosecutions for illegal netting in 2022 and 2024 and very low numbers in other recent years. The commercial salmon fishery has been suspended for many…
Like other MLAs, I welcome the statement. Minister, your statement lays out the fact that you are reintroducing the waiting list reduction reimbursement scheme, which will permit people who are on a waiting list for at least two years to seek certain treatments in the Republic from June, and that the scheme will be…
Minister, your statement states: "Ministers noted InterTradeIreland’s ongoing research work, which includes the recently launched report 'The Changing Nature of Trade on the island of Ireland'". I understand that the report is to focus on domestic trade developments, namely Brexit, the Northern Ireland protocol and…
Minister, I am surprised to see nothing in the statement about the semiquincentennial of US independence. What is Tourism Ireland doing to promote the Chester Alan Arthur ancestral home in Cullybackey or that Dervock was home to the paternal ancestors of William McKinley, the 25th president of the USA?
Sunday Trading Laws To ask the Minister of Communities what action he will take to ensure that councils and police understand their duties when it comes to the enforcement of The Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) Northern Ireland Order 1997 following the recent vote in Belfast City Council.
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, whether she will withdraw the PACE Code of Practice issued by her Department which states that officers or detainees should be treated as their birth sex unless they have a gender…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of advice by Police Scotland stating abortion buffer zones cannot be enforced when clinics are closed, whether she has sought clarification as to the situation in Northern Ireland.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the cost to the public purse of the Loughs Agency’s contracts with communications agencies, including VAT, in each of the last five years; (ii) the rationale for contracting this service; and (ii) why this role is not provided in-house.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 24764/22-27, (i) for a breakdown of the £322,000 cost of the Loughs Agency's Science Team in 2024; and (ii) for his assessment of whether this represents value for money.
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission Transgender Policy To ask the Assembly Commission what assessment it has made of the compatibility of its Transgender Policy with the recent Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, and whether the policy will now be withdrawn in light of that…
To ask the Assembly Commission whether it will withdraw its Transgender Policy in light of the Supreme Court judgment in the case For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
To ask the Assembly Commission whether a (i) public consultation; and (ii) consultation with political parties, on its Transgender Policy took place before it was adopted.