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Mr Christopher Stalford

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Stalford
Official First Name: Christopher
Usual First Name: Christopher
Date of Birth: 17/01/1983
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: South Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	South Belfast	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2017	South Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
10/03/2021 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
31/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
03/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
03/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
20/01/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
14/01/2020 - Present	Principal Deputy Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
11/01/2020 - 14/01/2020	Deputy Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
07/12/2020 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Micro and Small Business
23/11/2020 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Animal Welfare
03/03/2020 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
30/04/2018 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on ADHD
16/04/2018 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Learning Disability
24/03/2017 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Housing
09/05/2017 - 17/04/2018	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Housing
11/04/2017 - 12/04/2018	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Social Enterprise
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Human Life
28/06/2016 - 24/03/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Housing
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
21/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

217 Questions, Page 1 of 22

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 1910/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Finance how many vacancies there are in the Northern Ireland Civil Service.

25/03/2021

To be answered on 20/04/2021

AQW 16233/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities to list the social housing developments scheduled for the next three years, broken down by constituency.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 24/03/2021

AQW 16232/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average time for overpayments to be repaid to tenants in each social housing provider.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 24/03/2021

AQW 16231/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when her Department intends to clear the graffiti from the Cairnshill Road underpass.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 23/03/2021

AQW 16230/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of Orange Halls that have been subjected to vandalism in each of the last five years.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 16/03/2021

AQW 16229/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the criteria to assess a school rebuild.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 19/03/2021

AQW 16080/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of whether the current resource allocation within the Planning Appeals Commission is sufficient to scrutinise the local area plans for all Councils in the set time frame.

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09/03/2021

Answered on 19/03/2021

AQW 16079/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the current resource her Department has allocated to scrutinise the Local Area Plans for councils.

+ Display Answer

09/03/2021

Answered on 24/03/2021

AQW 16078/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities for her assessment of the sufficiency of the current resource allocation to scrutinise the Local Area Plans for councils in the set time frame.

+ Display Answer

09/03/2021

Answered on 24/03/2021

AQW 16077/17-22

Mr Christopher Stalford
(DUP - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of whether the current resource allocation within her Department allocation is sufficient to scrutinise the Local Area Plans for all local councils in the set time frame.

+ Display Answer

09/03/2021

Answered on 18/03/2021

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