Written question AQW 33147/22-27
Written question by Mr Jon Burrows on .
- MLA
- Mr Jon Burrows
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 8 October 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 33147/22-27
- Department
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- Business
- To the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- Assembly identifier
- Document 453923
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Text
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will consider urgently exploring the legalities of local councils using noise abatement notices to prevent Lambeg drum practice taking place.
32 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Uncertain
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- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.57 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.65).
- Subject area: Parades, bonfires and commemorations.
- The answers did not meet either automatic threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.19 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.21 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.39 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.43 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.58 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.55 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.57 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.32 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.02 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.65 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.53 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.34 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.05 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.03 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:35 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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