Written question AQW 33854/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 17 October 2025
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 33854/22-27
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Business
- To the Minister for the Economy
- Assembly identifier
- Document 455476
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Text
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) whether the new Ethical Investment Framework risks creating a bias against Israel; and (ii) how her Department will ensure that companies are not unfairly penalised for engaging with Israeli partners.
38 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: 0.25 (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 (0.68).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.36).
- Subject area: Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice).
- 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 | 0.20 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.07 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.17 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.20 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.68 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.25 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.28 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.36 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.36 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.33 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.31 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.28 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.05 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 04:43 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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