Motion or amendment: New Standing Order
Motion or amendment by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Kellie Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 14 November 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Committee Motion
- Heading
- New Standing Order
- Assembly identifier
- Document 417899
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Text
New Standing Order
After Standing Order 59 insert:-
59A. Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
(1) This order supplements section 56B and Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
(2) There shall be a standing committee of the Assembly to be known as the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (‘the committee’) to assist with the observation and implementation of Articles 13(3a) and (4) of the Windsor Framework.
(3) The committee shall exercise the functions set out in Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
(4) The committee may exercise the power in section 44(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, read with paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6B to that Act.
(5) Membership of the committee shall be determined in accordance with Standing Order 52.
(6) Each member of the committee (‘M’) may appoint as a substitute a person who is—
(a) a member of the same political party as M;
(b) a member of the Assembly;
(c) not a member of the committee; and
(d) not a substitute for any other member of the committee.
(7) A substitute may attend any meeting of the committee from which M is absent.
(8) A substitute may participate in the proceedings of the committee as though the substitute were a member of the committee.
(9) If the chairperson is absent, the committee shall be chaired by the deputy chairperson.
(10) If both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are absent, the committee shall be chaired by the oldest member present at the meeting who is not a substitute.
(11) In this Standing Order, ‘Windsor Framework’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
280 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: 0.04 (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 (1.00).
- Subject area: Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty.
- 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 | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.54 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.91 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.09 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 09:00 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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