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Thank you, Minister, for your efforts on the matter in an already compressed mandate. Can you give any more information about the options under consideration in the consultation?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Good-character References Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Good-character References
You will be aware that, on 8 October, my Department launched its consultation on good-character references at sentencing in criminal proceedings, which will run until Thursday 3 December 2026. If the Department can identify a straightforward legislative approach to introducing reform based on the feedback to that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Good-character References Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Good-character References
The Northern Ireland Prison Service has established processes in place to ensure that the Home Office is notified of all foreign national offenders who receive a custodial sentence within 10 working days of sentencing. Following notification, responsibility for assessing an individual's immigration status and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme
Minister, you have been clear that it is the responsibility of the Home Office to manage the removal of foreign national prisoners where appropriate. Will you please outline what procedures are in place with the Home Office for the deportation of foreign nationals who have been given custodial sentences in Northern…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme
As I have said, at the moment, there are around 249 foreign national prisoners in our prison system. That figure is a combination of sentenced and remand prisoners; those who are legally resident in Northern Ireland; life-sentence or indeterminate-sentence prisoners; and determinate-sentence prisoners. It is only the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme
I thank the Minister for her answer. I think that most members of the public would be astounded to hear that, despite all the pressures on our prison and justice services, our system is at odds with that in the rest of the UK and foreign prisoners who have come to this country and committed a crime can simply opt out…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme
The early removal scheme introduced by the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 allows eligible foreign national prisoners who are serving a fixed-term, determinate sentence to be removed from the UK up to 135 days before the end of their requisite custodial period, subject to agreement by the Home Office. The scheme…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Prisoners: Early Removal Scheme
There are a number of things to consider. Tomorrow, we will announce who will undertake the review, and, obviously, they will look at what happens in other jurisdictions to inform their review. I do not want to take positions on that at this point in time, but it is certainly something that will be considered.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts
That is a really important piece of work. Lots of people are concerned about those who are subject to a trial of the facts and then make a full recovery. There is not a great deal that we can do about such cases, and we see that in the legislation in England, Scotland, Wales and here. Will the Minister consider the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts
The review is intended to examine whether the orders available to the courts provide adequate protection for the public. That includes considering whether sex offender notification requirements and other safeguarding measures should apply following findings involving acts that would otherwise constitute serious sexual…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts
Minister, you have just said that you have concerns, and you will know, of course, that the public have concerns. How will the review address those concerns about public protection and fairness?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts
The Health Minister and I are jointly commissioning an external independent review into the law and procedures on unfitness to plead, including trials of the facts. The review responds to my concerns about whether the current arrangements are fair to defendants and victims and provide adequate protection for the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Courts: Trials of the Facts
I have regular meetings with the Criminal Bar Association and the Law Society. Indeed, I am due to meet both, or at least the Criminal Bar Association, within the next week. We will continue to do that. My officials continue to work closely with both organisations to ensure that we make the changes that are required.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
Minister, what have you done to repair relationships since the dispute with the members of the Criminal Bar Association?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
I commissioned the accelerated review of criminal legal aid in the interests of victims and witnesses who were affected by the withdrawal, and, in their interests, have continued to prioritise that implementation. Consultation on the proposed changes issued promptly on 26 June and closed on 21 August. Officials are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
Will you provide an update on the implementation of the uplift?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
As I said, listing lies with the judiciary. Many factors affect listing, not all of which lie within my Department. As you know, we have the speeding up justice programme, which is there to try to ensure that the time that is taken from first charge to the case being disposed of in court is reduced. That work is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
I thank the Minister for that update. We understand the complexity of the challenge that is in front of her on that. What target date have you set your Department for attempting to clear the remaining Crown Court cases that were delayed as a result of the dispute with members of the Criminal Bar Association?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
The unwarranted and unnecessary withdrawal of services by the CBA has caused significant damage to the justice system. It has damaged the efforts and progress that we were already making to reduce delay. More importantly, it has damaged the victims, witnesses and defendants in the system, whom it is supposed to serve.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Crown Court Cases
Go and read Hansard.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights
There are some in political unionism — I say "some" — who want it to be yesterday, and that is not available to them. They want the days of domination and the days of the Orange state. That is not available to them. What we need to do is build on the progress of the past 28 years, keep our eyes focused on the future…
Uncertain: close call Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Identity framing.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights
I thank the First Minister for that response. Does she agree that political unionism is clearly being led by the nose by those who are trying their best to drag our society back to the past, and that they will not achieve that?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights
I absolutely agree with the Member. For almost 30 years, the people of the Garvaghy Road lived in relative peace. They had spent years picking up the pieces after the trauma that was inflicted on them 28 years ago. They had spent all those years making progress and building good, strong community relations. Then,…
Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Residents' Rights
The hypocrisy hanging out of the DUP is incredible. There is hypocrisy all day long. I have said that I own my decision to stand with the Garvaghy Road residents. I am proud to have done so, and I will continue to do so. I will deal with whatever processes come my way, but you are not my judge or my jury. You do not…
Uncertain: close call Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations Criteria met: Controversy escalation.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Policing Costs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Policing Costs
First Minister, figures that I have acquired from the Department of Justice show that, in the past 10 years, of the 73 people convicted for obstructing a public road, four received custodial sentences, four received community sentences and 52 received monetary penalties. Which of those options do you think that you…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Policing Costs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Policing Costs
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