I rise to speak not just about housing but about the future of rural Northern Ireland and whether we will act or continue to manage decline with half measures. On the north coast, in areas such as Portstewart, Portrush, Ballycastle, Portballintrae and beyond, even into the town of Coleraine, the sharp edge of our housing crisis is being driven by the unchecked growth of second homes and...
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The Member raises a very valid point. There is a proliferation of Airbnbs in coastal areas. People find it more profitable to have Airbnbs instead of permanent rental people in their houses. It is a massive problem that needs to be addressed along with the rest. Behind the postcards and summer football on the north coast, communities are hollowing out. Streets that once echoed with school...
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will try my best not to take the full 10 minutes. It has been a lively debate, and sometimes a wee bit fractious, but that is the nature of politics. I return to where we began: the uncomfortable truth that, 15 years after the devolution of policing and justice powers, Northern Ireland's criminal justice system remains mired in the same systemic failures that...
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I thank the Member for that intervention. That is —.
I thank the Minister for answering the question that Mr Burrows asked me. That was very kind.
I thank the Member for that intervention. I mentioned that that vision needs to be produced. We all need to see it. We look forward to it. Finally, I call on the Minister to make three firm commitments before the year's end: publish the criminal justice vision and digital strategy; align all justice partners, including the PSNI and the legal profession, under a single accountable framework;...
