Debate contribution: Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage
Debate contribution by Mr Robbie Butler on .
- MLA
- Mr Robbie Butler
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 20 January 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Committee Business
- Heading
- Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4744240
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. The winding-up speech will be just like me — short. I thank the Deputy Chair and the Minister for his response. To pick up on a point that he raised: the Committee will absolutely give a commitment that if we can come to a position on the Bill in the shortest time possible, we will, but it would be remiss of us not to offer it the highest levels of scrutiny. Although the Committee absolutely had an interest in the Bill, certain parts of last week's RaISe presentation piqued its interest even more, and those are worthy of further development. The relationship between the Minister and the Committee so far has been good and constructive, and I hope that we can maintain that during the passage of the Bill. Thank you.
136 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: 0.02 (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).
- 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.20 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.02 | 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 |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.99 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:46 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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