Debate contribution: Hunting with Dogs Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Mr Paul Frew on .
- MLA
- Mr Paul Frew
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 26 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Hunting with Dogs Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5583229
Read the official Assembly record
Text
I thank the Member for giving way. May I say
that, if the Members opposite had wanted to end traditional hunting with red coats and horses, they could easily have formulated a Bill that stated, "This Bill is about hunting with horses". That would have captured the traditional hunt that, those Members say, they want to end. However, they want to end more than that: they want to end the gun hunter.
72 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: 0.31 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- Criteria met: Cultural grievance politics (0.74); Controversy escalation (0.64).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.78).
- Subject area: Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies.
- The overall probability was low and the text did not adopt any identity-based framing.
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 | 0.40 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.09 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.74 | Yes |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.24 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.64 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.28 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.31 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.78 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.01 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.21 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodies | 0.65 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.33 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 15:41 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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