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My SDLP colleagues and I warmly welcome the appointment of Northern Ireland's first Climate Commissioner. The SDLP has long championed the creation of an independent office to oversee and scrutinise our collective efforts to meet climate targets. The Assembly agreed to that in 2022. Today marks progress, but it is…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he accept, as I do, the fact that there is a UK Climate Change Committee, which is an expert body in looking at these issues for the whole UK? Why would we spend that amount of money when that body is already in place?
Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. We all recognise that there is an urgent need for robust, independent oversight as we strive to meet our net zero obligations by 2050. However, it is important to remember the financial reality: we need to balance our climate obligations against the need to…
Go raibh maith agat. I appreciate the Member's giving way. I find it bizarre that the DUP and the Member are encouraging a race to the bottom. Does the Member not agree that investing in climate action is a bargain but waiting for climate collapse definitely is not?
I thank the Member for giving way. I appreciate his setting out his party's position. As I outlined, we discussed the regulations on at least five occasions in Committee. It was only at the last moment that one line was read out to say that the DUP was not in support of them. Committee members from the DUP had the…
The Member has rightly pointed out the financial impacts and constraints. I will put the DUP's position on the record. We objected to the amendment at the time, but, once it was made, we would have had to vote down the entire Bill. Doing so would have knocked out everything.
I thank the Member for his intervention and comments. Let me be clear: legislation to tackle climate-related environmental issues is a necessity. It is vital that, as custodians of the planet and the world around us, we take our role seriously and seek to live more sustainably. Our party continues to champion…
I thank the Member for giving way. While I no longer sit on the AERA Committee, the Member and I were colleagues on it during the lengthy debate on the Climate Change Act. He points out that the Executive Office is legally obliged: will he also consider that the wording of clause 50 of the Climate Change Act came…
I oppose the imposition of the outworkings of the regulations, outworkings that will undoubtedly create yet another tier of bureaucracy that Northern Ireland can do well without. Whilst I acknowledge that the Executive Office is legally bound to lay the regulations before the Assembly and create a Climate Commissioner…
Climate change is a defining crisis of our time on a global and national scale. Through the New Decade, New Approach agreement, a commitment was made to introduce legislation and targets for reducing carbon emissions in line with the Paris Accord on climate change. That commitment resulted in the Climate Change Act…
No, I would like to make some progress. It is worth noting that steps to combat climate change in Northern Ireland, including the appointment of a commissioner, are to be matched by a just transition fund for agriculture, which is now in place at £12 million. However, climate change is by no means just about…
Would the Member like to reflect on her statement where she rolled all unionists into one? You talked about the DUP at the start of your statement, which was fine. However, we have not had the chance to speak in the debate yet, and you have just said, "unionists". Would you like to reflect on that statement, please?
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I beg to move Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle . Today, we seek the Assembly's approval for the Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations 2025. It might be useful for Members if I set out the principal considerations that informed the preparation of the statutory rule (SR). The Executive Office proposes to…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank Members for their contributions to the debate. On balance, the provisions of the Bill that engage the LCM should extend to Northern Ireland. Agreeing to the LCM will allow important provisions to be enacted across the UK. I am grateful for the support that we have had across the…
Thanks to the Minister for bringing forward the LCM today. As the Committee Chair outlined, the Bill aims to improve workers' conditions, extend employee protections, modernise employment laws and enhance existing provisions. It also allows for the establishment of a UK-wide enforcement body, which is to be known as…
I beg to move The Employment Rights Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024. The Bill aims to improve workplace conditions, extend employee protections, modernise employment laws, enhance existing provisions and introduce new rights. It also allows for the establishment of a single, UK-wide…
We on the Opposition Benches will vote for the Child Support Enforcement Bill to pass today. The Bill retains parity with the rest of the UK, which passed its Bill in July 2023. We have previously made and, I am sure, will again make a principled argument against parity because we recognise the invidious position that…
I beg to move I am pleased to move the Final Stage of the Child Support Enforcement Bill. I thank the Committee and Members across the Chamber who have given their support to the Bill and its progression through the Assembly. The Bill will enable the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to make an administrative liability…