Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage
Debate contribution by Ms Joanne Bunting on .
- MLA
- Ms Joanne Bunting
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 19 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5549411
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Thank you very much. This is to reflect a concern. The wording of the amendment is that public bodies and individuals "must", and there is no discretion as the amendment is drafted. That is where there is a degree of concern because, as the Member will appreciate, legislation is blunt and is black and white, so it may not necessarily afford the discretion for the inquiry chairperson to exercise. That is the slight concern, and that may be something that we can address in the Bill's next stage rather than right now.
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