Written question AQW 28433/22-27
Written question by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Kellie Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 9 June 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 28433/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 442568
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities,pursuant to AQO 2109/22-27, (i) to clarify comments he made which intimated the the Mears Group are housing illegal immigrants; and (ii) for his assessment of the legal obligation for the UK to protect refugees and asylum seekers.
43 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: 0.43 (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).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.72).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.63).
- Subject area: Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers.
- The overall probability was low and the text did not adopt any identity-based framing.
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 | 0.17 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.13 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.03 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.49 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.26 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.72 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.43 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.25 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.63 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.12 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 03:56 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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