Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Debate contribution by Mr Paul Givan on 6 October 2026.

MLA: Mr Paul Givan
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 6 October 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Private Members' Business
Heading: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5776712

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Certainly not to your colleagues at least. I thank the Member for his comments. He is right: my colleague Gordon Lyons and I had motions of no confidence brought against us. Both of us stayed and made our case. Both of us were held to account. Both of us explained our positions. Neither of us ran away. Mr O'Toole talked about the need for certain thresholds to be met when it comes to exclusion. He did not apply those thresholds when it came to voting for a motion of no confidence in me. The leader of the Opposition applies a different standard to the Alliance Minister than he did to me as Education Minister.

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