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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, regarding the PC21 period, to detail (i) when the work began on the improvement of the Loup Wastewater Treatment Works; (ii) when the work will be completed; (iii) the total cost of the improvements; (iv) the increase in capacity of the improved treatment works, and (v) the…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following another accident on the A26 Glenavy Road, for an update on the options to improve road safety in this area, in particular at the (i) Lisnabilla Road; (ii) Station Road; (iii) Magheramesk Lane; (iv) Maghaberry Road, junctions on the A26, north of the Moira Roundabout.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on when her proposed legislation to address inconsiderate parking will be introduced to the Assembly.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her proposed legislation to address inconsiderate pavement parking will include similar restrictions on parking one or more wheel on the pavement, as is the case in London and Scotland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any work undertaken by her Department, over the last year, to progress the Bogside residents' parking scheme in Derry, including a timeline for implementation.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether extreme heat risk is now integrated into transport infrastructure design standards and maintenance schedules.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any contingency plans that exist to manage disruption to public transport services during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment that has been made of the vulnerability of Northern Ireland’s (i) road; (ii) rail; and (iii) public transport, infrastructure to extreme heat.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps being taken to ensure adequate, accessible, and affordable housing is available, in light of the findings of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report entitled, Disability and poverty in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps their Department is taking to ensure the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy addresses the disproportionately high poverty rate among disabled people, 30 per cent compared to 16 per cent, as identified in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report entitled, Disability and…
To ask the Minister for Communities, following the UK Government's announcement of home buying and selling reforms, whether (i) his Department has assessed the potential applicability of any of the proposed measures to Northern Ireland; and (ii) any reforms currently under consideration.
I beg to introduce the Age Discrimination (Goods, Facilities and Services) Bill [NIA 46/22-27], which is a Bill to make provision for the prohibition of unjustified discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the ground of age in connection with the provision of goods, facilities and services.
I beg to introduce the Display of Flags and Emblems Bill [NIA 44/22-27], which is a Bill to grant the Department for Infrastructure functions with respect to flags and emblems displayed in public places.
I beg to introduce the Housing (Amendment) Bill [NIA 43/22-27], which is a Bill to amend the definition of threatened with homelessness in the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.
On a point of order. Under Standing Order 65, I would like further clarity as to the absence of the Education Minister as this debate pertains to a core value of the Department of Education and the House — equality. The no-show is insulting to Members, and it is certainly insulting to young women across Northern…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will not speak for long, and I do not plan to rehearse everything that has been said. However, I begin by doing something that I overlooked when I spoke at the beginning: thanking the Deputy Chair of the Committee who first proposed the Bill. It is important to note that it was the…
I am very happy to support the Bill at Second Stage. Last Friday, I visited a local school where girls already have the option of wearing trousers as part of their school uniform. During that discussion with primary-school pupils, I mentioned the fact that the Assembly would soon debate the School Uniforms (Trousers)…
My intervention is on the back of the Member's interaction with Mr Brooks. Can the Member think of any rational explanation for why any school should have autonomy to determine and control what clothes a girl wears to school?
Does the Member accept that our position, as it has been laid out and although it is different from hers, is that schools should have autonomy to decide those things? It is not about appointing anyone, least of all men specifically, to make those decisions; it is about school leadership. Some school leaders will be…