Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Ms Paula Bradshaw on .
- MLA
- Ms Paula Bradshaw
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 15 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5707134
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I am sitting here in disbelief. I coach a young girls' hockey team. It is so foreign to me to think that we would, in any way, have such a conversation or entertain it. It just would not happen. I do not know where you are plucking that theory from. It is so far from what actually happens on a Sunday or Monday evening, or whenever the training session takes place.
71 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.17 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.84).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.13 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.05 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.06 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.19 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.23 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.15 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.17 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.84 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.02 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.14 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.50 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.37 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.06 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.06 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 16:22 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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