Written question AQW 43085/22-27
Written question by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Kellie Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 24 March 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 43085/22-27
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Business
- To the Minister for Communities
- Assembly identifier
- Document 477660
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Text
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether he will provide a copy of any guidance produced by his Department or any of its arms-length bodies, that requires all exhibitions and presentations funded by public money to include fact based interpretive text; and (ii) any steps he will take ensure USA NI 250 exhibitions acknowledge that some individuals highlighted as part of that project may have been slave owners or traders, or used their position to support slavery.
80 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: 0.22 (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 (0.65).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.65).
- Subject area: Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers.
- 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 | 0.09 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.33 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.09 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.36 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.65 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.22 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.65 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.24 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.06 |
| Adopts it | 0.05 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.80 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.07 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.04 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.03 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.03 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 06:20 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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