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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the steps her Department took to show that the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme, if proceeded with, would not prevent the mandatory greenhouse gas emissions targets being met, as per the Planning Appeals Commission report, following the Public Local Inquiries into…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given the recent High Court judgement on the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme, whether the vesting process will now cease in respect of the lands affected by this scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will be investigating how a decision to proceed with the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme was allowed to be made without satisfactory evidence to show that it would not prevent the mandatory greenhouse gas emissions targets being met, as advised by the Planning…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the net zero targets, as set out in the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, will prevent any further progress on the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme and other major infrastructure projects, including the Ballynahinch bypass.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the additional investment required to move away from a limited service of road maintenance.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount spent by her Department on the challenge to the A5 Western Transport Corridor High Court case.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the next steps she will take, following the NI Water Forensic Accountant Investigation, which outlines a breach of Managing Public Money (NI) by NI water.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what actions his Department has taken to ensure artists have adequate facilities to work from, for example, studio spaces.
To ask the Minister for Communities, further to AQW 27563/22-27, to detail his assessment of the impact of the double contribution convention for National Insurance contributions which is included in the UK-India trade deal.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what plans his Department has to continue funding for the Small Pockets of Deprivation programme, for the remainder of the financial year 2025-26.
Sentencing process and guidance — how it operates, who is responsible for it: the entire structure — is misunderstood by people in the House and by the general public. One of the reasons why we want to provide that clarity in the sentencing Bill that will come forward this year is to aid understanding of how…
I have two quick things. First, if the process is followed, it could be within the discretion of the judge; that is the point that I was making. Secondly, I hope that the Member is going to clarify that he does not agree that vigilantism is ever acceptable.
I thank the Member for giving way. I appreciate it. The issue is that, when it is taken to the Court of Appeal, three appellate court judges will sit and consider whether the sentence was appropriately given. A degree of judicial discretion applies in all such cases. To suggest that it should be automatically…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank everybody who has spoken in the debate. It has been a genuinely excellent debate. I enjoyed all the contributions, and I will reference some of those when I get through a number of points that I want to make myself. Our justice system must do more than just process cases, as has…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. We all have a duty to ensure that justice is accessible to all in our society. That is why issues such as access to legal aid, fair sentencing and improvements in rehabilitation and restorative justice are fundamental. Whilst the most recent report will not be published until later this…