Written question AQW 5672/22-27
Written question by Ms Cheryl Brownlee on .
- MLA
- Ms Cheryl Brownlee
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 6 February 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 5672/22-27
- Department
- Department of Justice
- Business
- To the Minister of Justice
- Assembly identifier
- Document 387174
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Text
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) how many attacks there have been on Orange Halls, each year since 2017; and (ii) what plans she has to reduce this number.
30 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not qualifying”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.21 (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).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.94).
- The text reports, quotes or asks about the framing rather than adopting it (0.71).
- Subject area: Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-qualifying 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 | 0.41 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.52 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.07 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.23 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.94 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.21 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.26 |
| Reports or questions it (chosen) | 0.71 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.03 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.28 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.27 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.26 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.12 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.05 |
Assessed 20 October 2026 at 21:16 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r1, methodology 1.0.
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