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  5. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    I thank the Member for giving way. I note that he said that it should not impact on church leaders or, indeed, parents. That leads me to a point that my colleague Mr Frew raised. Clause 6 — "Sexual orientation and gender identity" — states: "a reference to a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity includes— (a)…

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  10. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    I thank the Member for that intervention. I will come to the gaps in the law later in my remarks. Another survivor told a study of conversion practices of their experiences, outlining how the perpetrator asked them: "How do you feel about the fact that your father wasn’t there, and your mother was? Do you think that…

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  11. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    I appreciate the Member's giving way, and I note the emotion that he displayed, which makes clear his sincerity on the issue. I come back to some remarks that he made in his opening statement. He said that the Bill will deal with issues that have not been criminalised. He outlined disgraceful practices, including…

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  12. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    No problem. The Member's emotion shows that this is a very real concept. The Bill, at its heart, aims to prevent that harm. It does not necessarily need to be a "faith versus legislation" issue. It is about preventing real, lived harm.

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  14. Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

    I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. No one in our society should be abused, harmed or coerced simply because of who they are or who they love, but, right now, gaps in existing law are allowing a specific and pernicious form of abuse to persist in our society. Conversion practices are driven by a…

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  15. Member's statement: Fuel Prices

    I, too, want to talk about the extraordinary cost of putting fuel in our cars and heating our homes, because the figures are becoming really alarming. Last week, across Northern Ireland, we averaged £1·57 a litre for petrol and £1·78 a litre for diesel. When I left Coleraine this morning, diesel was £1·84 a litre. For…

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  16. Member's statement: Translink: Transport Cuts

    I will speak about the proposed Translink transport cuts. Across Belfast tonight, if workers are cleaning offices, closing bars or coming off hospital wards, they may finish their shift at 10.00 pm or later. Depending on tonight's proceedings, people may be leaving this Building at 10.00 pm as well. Under the current…

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  17. Member's statement: Special Educational Needs Provision: Funding

    Yesterday, at Question Time, the Minister of Education informed the House that, of the £361·2 million provided to the Northern Ireland Executive through Barnett consequentials for special educational needs provision, only £115·8 million, which equates to a measly 32%, will find its way to the Department of Education.…

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  18. Member's statement: Eddie Mulligan: Glendowan Football Club

    I pay tribute today to a giant of the soccer community: "Mr Glendowan" — Eddie Mulligan — who sadly passed away at the start of the week. The impact that Eddie had on my community — the Colin community — and the influence that he had on our young people for over 25 years cannot be measured. He changed lives and…

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  19. Member's statement: World Lymphoma Awareness Day: Catherine Sherry

    Today, 15 September, is World Lymphoma Awareness Day. Two years ago, Catherine Sherry was diagnosed with lymphoma. She fought her illness bravely for nine months until her passing on 12 May 2025. On the day of her funeral, Armagh flags fluttered in the breeze as mourners stood in glorious sunshine in the graveyard of…

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  20. Member's statement: Phone and Data Reception

    I pass on my thoughts to the individual in Greenisland who was struck by a train today. My thoughts are with them, their family, the driver and all the emergency services that are responding. I pray that everything is OK with them. The phone and data reception in my constituency, East Antrim, and across Northern…

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  21. Member's statement: Cost-of-living Crisis

    I have raised the cost-of-living crisis many times, but, once again, families across Northern Ireland are being absolutely hammered by the cost of energy. This time last September, 500 litres of home heating oil was £270. Today, it is more than £540, which is double. One electricity supplier has announced a 12·6%…

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  22. Member's statement: Belfast Telegraph Building; Bomb

    On 15 September 1976, the Provisional IRA drove a van packed with explosives into the loading bay of the Belfast Telegraph building in Little Donegall Street. It was a bomb that risked many lives, including those of schoolchildren who had to be evacuated from the nearby Central Library just minutes before the bomb…

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  23. Member's statement: Cuba: US Blockade

    The nearly 70-year US blockade against the Republic of Cuba is a collective punishment against the people of Cuba. It has been a silent genocide, illegally carried out, that is morally wrong and politically indefensible. The intention of the illegal US blockade is clear: to starve the Cuban people into submission and…

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  24. Member's statement: Smartphones: Impact on Children

    A few weeks ago, during the féile, I sat in a room in Creggan with the brilliant Sure Start team and listened to Dr Claire Sinton talk about smartphones and what they are doing to our children. I will be honest: it really shook me. Dr Sinton is not a campaigner looking for headlines; she is a talented and wonderful…

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  25. Member's statement: School Uniform: Trousers

    I, too, want to speak to the ministerial U-turn on the right of all pupils to wear trousers as part of their school uniform. There is no doubt that the change that will be brought in is welcome. I open my remarks by paying tribute to the pupil campaigners who worked so hard to profile the issue. Rhea and Astrid in…

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