Debate contribution: Inclusive Language Guide: Civil Service

Debate contribution by Mr Trevor Clarke on 5 November 2024.

MLA: Mr Trevor Clarke
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 5 November 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Inclusive Language Guide: Civil Service
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4631837

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I take it that the Minister supports that guide and has not taken any cognisance of others who may be offended by some of the new terminology. I am sure that colleagues to my left and right would much prefer to be addressed by their proper titles, as opposed to being addressed by some manufactured title that has been created by the Civil Service. Minister, do you support that document and its outworkings in the Civil Service?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 714/22-27.

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