Miss Rachel Woods

Title: Miss
Official Last Name: Woods
Official First Name: Rachel
Usual First Name: Rachel
Party: Green Party
Constituency: North Down

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Green Party	Party Member	07/10/2019 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
07/10/2019	North Down	Other, Replaced Mr Steven Agnew

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
18/02/2022 - 25/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and the Committee for Justice
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Justice

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
08/07/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Children and Young People
08/06/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on MS and Neurology
26/04/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
21/04/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Homelessness
18/03/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Social Enterprise
26/01/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
20/01/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
20/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Modern Slavery
30/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
29/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
06/08/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
01/07/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Fair Banking and Finance
03/03/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
05/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Climate Action
14/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Autism
04/11/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Active Travel
29/10/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
15/10/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

505 Questions, Page 1 of 51

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 31100/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, (i) to detail her understanding of Section 5, Detention of pupil outside hours; and (ii) whether this includes break and dinner times. [Priority Written]

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21/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 31069/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Assembly’s approval of the Final Stage of the Climate Change (No. 2) Bill (NIA Bill 28/17-22) on 9 March 2022, what instruction she has given her officials in relation to the provision in the Bill that her Department must develop sectoral plans for transport which sets a minimum spend on active travel from the overall transport budgets of 10%.

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18/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 31068/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Assembly’s approval of the Final Stage of the Climate Change (No. 2) Bill (NIA Bill 28/17-22) on 9 March 2022, for her assessment of (i) the provision in the Bill that her Department must develop sectoral plans for transport which sets a minimum spend on active travel from the overall transport budgets of 10%; and (ii) whether her Department will meet that requirement in its first sectoral plan.

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18/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQO 3253/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education for her assessment of the eligibility criteria for transport assistance for children of compulsory school age.

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03/03/2022

Answered on 15/03/2022

AQW 31033/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 26856/17-22, and further to the evidence session of the Public Accounts Committee on 10 March 2022 on Planning in Northern Ireland, whether she will seek a planning assessment from her Department on whether the statement made in paragraph 57 of the affidavit sworn on the 26 March 2013 (2012 No.138402/01) as part of the River Faughan Anglers Limited's application for judicial review [2014] NIQB 34, is an accurate assessment of the approved drawings of A/2008/0408/F; and whether she will place this assessment in the Assembly Library. [Priority Written]

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16/03/2022

Answered on 23/03/2022

AQW 30998/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education, in light of comments made by the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at Question Time on 14 March 2022, whether any issues have been raised by Northern Ireland Water in relation to the new build plans for Priory Integrated College, Holywood.

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15/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30997/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has conducted any preparatory work to ensure that all train and bus halts on the public transport network are accessible for those who are deaf and disabled in Northern Ireland.

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15/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30959/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of the professional opinion expressed in the consultation response from the Conservation Officer of Ards and North Down Borough Council in respect of planning application LA06/2021/1422/F that the proposed removal of mature trees at the Rope Walk, Portaferry offends Conservation Area policy, whether his Department’s offer of public money to part-fund this public realm project will be subject to requiring a redesign that ensures the retention and protection of these trees.

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14/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30950/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 30114/17-22, whether his Department intends to review guidance issued to local councils on high hedges to include a site visit requirement.

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14/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30905/17-22

Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what actions her Department intends to take following the publication of the Northern Ireland Audit Office report Planning in Northern Ireland, February 2022. [Priority Written]

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11/03/2022

Answered on 21/03/2022

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