Written question AQW 37790/22-27
Written question by Ms Paula Bradshaw on .
- MLA
- Ms Paula Bradshaw
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 8 January 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 37790/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 465352
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure that the outstanding adoption regulations are completed without further delay, given the impact this is having on vulnerable individuals, including victims and survivors of Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses who require access to their records in advance of the public inquiry.
60 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: 0.10 (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 (0.91).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.99).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- 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 | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.06 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.91 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.10 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.99 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.46 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.28 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.12 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.08 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.05 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 05:28 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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