Debate contribution: Stonewall
Debate contribution by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 19 January 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Stonewall
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5322153
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Across the UK, Departments, and even the BBC, have withdrawn money from Stonewall's scheme, citing concerns about impartiality and value for money. The organisation is now reported to be in financial difficulty. In response to a question for written answer, the Executive Office confirmed to me that £875 of public money had been paid to Stonewall since the restoration of devolution. First Minister, will you give a clear commitment and assurance that neither your Department nor its arm's-length bodies will make any further payments to that discredited organisation?
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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2925/22-27.
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