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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I am sure, Mr Buckley, that, when Ms Bradshaw, the Bill sponsor, went to Naomi Long, the Justice Minister, the Minister would have said, "I cannot help you with that; that is an operational matter".
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member. The leader of the Opposition asked, "How do we take those flags down?". I know that he was here for the debate last week in the House. There is an abundance of legislation in this area: we have terrorism legislation and public order legislation, as well as legislation for local government and for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
Was the Mr O'Toole's intervention just another example of the idea that some politicians have that, "Something must be done. Here is something we can do, so we must do it"? There does not need to be a logic or a line that it will solve anything. It is just that, in the absence of anything else, we must just go ahead…
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How do we get them down?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I was not planning on intervening, but I have to once again make the point that I made to Mr Burrows. It is legitimate to ask specific questions, and you guys have had a fair crack tonight at filibustering. The question, however, remains. There are flags on the A55, which, at some point in the next few minutes, I am…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I have two other points to make, one of which is on the offence of obstructing the Department in the removal of a flag or emblem. Clause 5 states: "(1) A person who obstructs the Department, or a person acting on behalf of the Department, in the removal of a flag or emblem in accordance with this Act, is guilty of an…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member again. What he and the Member to my left have said actually points to what is happening here tonight. It is interesting that the Members who are speaking in the debate are mostly from this side of the House. I am sure that the Member will agree that it is probably the case that none of the Sinn Féin…
Decided on a second assessment. Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials Criteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
Yes, billboard. There you go. Sinn Féin members will be rubbing their hands. Billboards could go up everywhere and anywhere on the Minister's say-so because it would be part of her code on flags and emblems. You see where this is going, folks, and the Bill sponsor is falling right into that trap.
Decided on a second assessment.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member for her intervention. Maybe the Bill sponsor would like to clarify this: it looks to me that the Bill sponsor has even given the party opposite a leg up, because the definition of "flag or emblem" includes: "bunting, poster, banner, billboard".
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member for giving way again. What he has set out about the actual real-life implications of the draft legislation is very important. As it stands, there is a Sinn Féin Minister for Infrastructure. As it stands, in the Bill from the Alliance Party, it is very clear that key decisions will then lie solely…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
One hundred per cent. The Member is completely right in that regard, and that is the danger. When you bring legislation to this place, surely it should be watertight according to what you want it to do and should not put the intent into the hands of another individual. It should be the Member's Bill, and it should be…
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member for the points that he is raising. Regardless of the substance of the legislation, it raises genuine and serious concerns about the lack of certainty in the legislation. In clause 4, it is very clear to me that key decisions on how it will operate rest solely with the individual Minister. Clause…
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The Member makes a very good point, which has led me to think of another point. If that were to happen and a Minister made a decision, as my colleague mentioned, that decision would then be passed to DFI officials, the majority of whom will, most likely, belong to a union. Those officials would then be asked to take…
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I thank the Member for that intervention. She is absolutely right. I have talked thus far about the engineers who work in the Department. What happens if it is the Minister? The Member is quite right: the Bill refers to "the Department". If that reads across as the Minister, one person would be dictating policy on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member for giving way. I will build on his point about certain people having the ability to interpret the legislation and others not having that ability. Clause 4 covers the code of practice. There has been much talk in the Chamber about the guidance and various other regulations and regulatory-making…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
Does the Member agree that, if the Bill proceeds, one thing that the Alliance Party will achieve is the creation of more interface areas? There is a danger that people will look to exploit the legislation by deeming areas that are usually well-natured and neighbourly to be interface areas so that flags can be taken…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
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The Member is on a useful vein. Does he agree, however, that the Bill is not required, because currently the property belongs to DFI? DFI does not need a Bill to remove stuff from its own property? It could do that if it wished. We do not need to legislate for that or to have a costly policing operation to do that.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
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