Debate contribution: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
Debate contribution by Dr Caoimhe Archibald on .
- MLA
- Dr Caoimhe Archibald
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 11 November 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5349490
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Text
I thank Members for their contributions to today's debate and the interest that they have shown in this important issue. I thank again the Economy Committee and its Chair for their support and engagement. I will pick up briefly on a couple of the points that Members made. I agree that we have a real opportunity here for job creation and innovation and supporting businesses. There are already a couple of businesses here that are engaged in sustainable aviation fuel production. There is clearly an opportunity to be grasped. It very much links with some of the strategies that have been mentioned and the forthcoming circular economy strategy that we intend to bring forward in the near future. I will pick up again on the point about the lack of engagement on LCMs on some occasions. It is not always the case. There are Ministers and Departments that engage early and well on potential legislative consent motions, but, on a number of occasions, that has not happened, and it is across all Departments here. The First Minister and deputy First Minister have raised that on a number of occasions and have again committed to raising it as a machinery-of-government issue. I thank Members for their engagement in today's debate. I look forward to working with them to ensure that we play a leading role in the transition to cleaner aviation. I therefore recommend that the Assembly agree the motion.
239 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.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.39 | 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 | 0.98 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.02 |
| 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 13:38 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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