Topical question AQT 2363/22-27

Topical question by Dr Steve Aiken OBE on 19 May 2026.

MLA: Dr Steve Aiken OBE
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 19 May 2026
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 2363/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5549544

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Dr Aiken asked the Minister for the Economy what action she is taking to stamp out antisemitism at our universities.

20 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

These were assessed together with this record:

19 May 2026 – I thank the Minister for her comments about antisemitism, but she will be aware that, on 5 May, the Prime Minister…

Assessment

Not flagged

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: 0.15 (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).
Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.85).
The text criticises or condemns the framing or division (0.95).
Subject area: Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice).
The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.

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

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.10	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.02	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.10	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.02	No
Controversy escalation	0.11	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.85	Yes
Overall judgement	0.15	At or below not-flagging threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
Option	Probability
No identity-based framing	0.04
Reports or questions it	0.00
Criticises or condemns it (chosen)	0.95
Adopts it	0.01

Subject area (top five)
Subject	Probability
Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice)	1.00
No identity-related subject	0.00
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 15:41 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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