Debate contribution: Victims: Independent Inquiries
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 7 October 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Victims: Independent Inquiries
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4579136
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I thank the Member for his very appropriate question. As indicated, we should all take time to pay tribute to the incredible work that so many families of victims have done over the years to try to get truth and justice. I pay tribute to Gina Murray, whose life was undoubtedly shaped — shaped so terribly — by the tragic loss of her 13-year-old daughter, Leanne, in that sectarian Shankill bomb. That cannot be justified, and it should not be justified by anyone. Ultimately, Gina Murray gave decades of her life to campaigning for truth and justice for her daughter and for so many victims and survivors. We pay tribute to her. In memory of Gina, we across the House should absolutely commit ourselves to campaigning for the best opportunity for truth and justice for all and to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunity to get truth and justice.
150 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: 0.08 (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 (0.61).
- Subject area: Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism.
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.03 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.08 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.22 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.08 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.61 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.39 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.73 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.27 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:17 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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