Debate contribution: Temporary Exemption Certificates: Criteria

Debate contribution by Mr Brian Kingston on 9 December 2025.

MLA: Mr Brian Kingston
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 9 December 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Temporary Exemption Certificates: Criteria
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5296099

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Unfortunately, the introduction of the emergency measures speaks to a lack of capacity in the MOT testing system. Will the Minister ask her officials to check that Government websites give a consistent online message? When I tried in October to check my MOT status on GOV.UK, it told me that the MOT would expire in December, as I thought. When I went to the nidirect website to book an MOT test, after I went through the process, it told me that I could not book a test because it was not due until 2026. Having got a different message from nidirect, I had to check that that was correct when I looked up the information —

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2865/22-27.

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