Debate contribution: Pledge of Office: Education Minister

Debate contribution by Mr Danny Baker on 6 October 2026.

MLA: Mr Danny Baker
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 6 October 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Pledge of Office: Education Minister
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5776977

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Minister, I will jog your memory of that night. You were being interviewed in Lisburn in the midst of a protest that you attended and supported at which there was a crowd of masked men. We know what happened that night: businesses were instructed to close and were intimidated into doing so; migrants were subjected to abuse; and families were burnt out of their homes because of the colour of their skin. I ask you this again, Minister: do you believe that your actions that night were consistent with the Pledge of Office?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2676/22-27.

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