Oral question AQO 1946/22-27
Oral question by Mr Tom Buchanan on .
- MLA
- Mr Tom Buchanan
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 1 May 2025
- Type
- Oral question
- Assembly reference
- AQO 1946/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 438178
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Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the Supreme Court judgment in the case For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers on 16 April 2025.
32 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber
These were assessed together with this record:
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: 0.79 (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).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.45).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- None of the culture-war criteria came close to being met, and the subject matter alone is not enough for it to be flagged.
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 | 0.23 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.06 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.08 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.29 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.28 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.53 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.79 | Above flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.45 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.13 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.42 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.89 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.08 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.01 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.01 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 08:30 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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