Debate contribution: Cass Assessment Report for Gender Identity Services

Debate contribution by Mrs Pam Cameron on .

MLA
Mrs Pam Cameron
Party at the time
Democratic Unionist Party
Date
16 February 2026
Type
Debate contribution
Business
Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
Heading
Cass Assessment Report for Gender Identity Services
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5391676

Text

Minister, you did not consult the Executive before backing the trials. You dismissed widespread safeguarding concerns and reversed course only after my party intervened. Is that how major ethical decisions affecting children are now made — quietly, unilaterally and reversed only when political pressure becomes impossible to ignore?

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