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Will those engineers not wonder why they are being asked to undertake such controversial responsibility for which members of the Parades Commission are very well remunerated?
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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I thank the Member for his intervention, but, oh man, he has got me on page 2 of the Bill already. I have much more to talk about on page 1. Clause 1(2) continues with paragraph (b): "the flag or emblem is likely to stir up hatred, or arouse fear". A roads engineer is going to decide what scares people. Clause 1(2)(c)…
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It is not just that they will have to use their judgement to define what is intimidatory. According to the Bill, they will also have to use their judgement to define what is an "excessive period" for the flag, structure or emblem to be displayed. Most interestingly, they will also have to use their ingenuity to…
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That is an awful blight on those engineers. You omitted to talk about the measuring of the depth of some of our potholes.
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Ballymena.
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Usually, at this stage of a Bill, I welcome the efforts of the Member in bringing forward a Member's Bill, because it is worth noting that it takes a lot of time to work on a Member's Bill. Anyone who has encountered the process will know the work that goes into a Bill: hours and hours engaging with officials and…
Decided on a second assessment.
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The Member is absolutely right: not much thought has been given to that at all, or, if it has, it has been dismissed on the basis that the Alliance Party will at least have something to hold up to its electorate and say, "Look, we did something. It doesn't matter that it's not sustainable. It doesn't matter that it…
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials Criteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
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I appreciate the Member's giving way. As a former Belfast city councillor, he will be aware that, each year, the Alliance Party, the SDLP and Sinn Féin vote to spend ratepayers' money — £100,000 this year — on appointing contractors to remove things that they disagree with. Given that, over a two-day period, we spend…
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Absolutely. Everything in the Bill seems to be relatively subjective. Certainly, the decision-making powers seem to be subjective. How some of the things are decided would depend entirely on who is sitting in the Minister's chair in the new mandate. They could be decided on in an entirely biased fashion, depending on…
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It is worth making the point that there are other flaws in the Bill. It does not define "commemoration" or "celebration", so those terms would have no legal effect. It also does not state what a reasonable period for a flag to fly is. For example, Mr McReynolds may think that the Somme commemoration flags should fly…
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I am happy to clarify. As I have said, we want to support people to celebrate and commemorate things such as world wars. We want to support people to do that and to give them the opportunity, should they wish to do so, to advise people of that. We also need to ensure that flags come down. I read into the record last…
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When we read the Member's Bill, we see that it completely contradicts what she has just said. It has already been read into the record, but clause 2(3)(d) says: "any ... place that persons of all national and cultural identities could reasonably be expected to have access to." That is not just furniture that is owned…
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The Bill is clear on public spaces. It lists the likes of the areas and the street furniture that such things are to be removed from. It is not about private property, such as church compounds, school compounds or anything like that. That has all been well established.
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Does he agree that it is telling that not only does the Member's Bill outsource most of the hard lifting to the Department for Infrastructure but in no way does it put any duty or workload on her colleague the Justice Minister? The Member seems to be OK with legislating for other Ministers to do things, but she does…
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Will the Member give way on that point?
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During my interventions in the first iteration of this debate, I said that the Bill was well intentioned. To some degree, I still believe that the intention behind it is genuine and well meaning and that it was an attempt, perhaps, to start the ball rolling and look for a compromise. From my point of view, however, is…
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The Member rightly expresses concerns about UDA and UVF paramilitary flags. What is his view of how the unionist community look at the sunburst flag or, for instance, the D company flag that flew quite regularly in west Belfast? I have not seen it recently, because I have not been over in west Belfast that often, but…
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The Member did not answer any of my questions, and, for the record, I emailed her party colleague back suggesting a date for a meeting, but that was not followed up on. Just for the record, I would not have said that if the Member had not started throwing accusations about. My fourth question is on enforcement.…
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So be it.
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