Ms Kate Nicholl

Title: Ms
Official Last Name: Nicholl
Official First Name: Kate
Usual First Name: Kate
Party: Alliance Party
Constituency: South Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Alliance Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/05/2022	South Belfast	Other, First Elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
27/02/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
09/09/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
09/09/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
24/05/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
11/03/2024 - 09/09/2024	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
12/02/2024 - 09/09/2024	Committee Member	Committee for Education

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
26/03/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Food to Go
20/02/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
15/01/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Policy and Public Data
09/10/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Skills
11/09/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Active Travel
16/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on International Development
12/04/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Access to Justice
04/03/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
06/10/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Climate Action
27/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
23/05/2024 - 10/03/2025	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
01/07/2022 - 26/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Arts
29/06/2022 - 20/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
29/06/2022 - 11/09/2024	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Active Travel
22/06/2022 - 06/10/2023	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Climate Action
16/06/2022 - 23/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

346 Questions, Page 1 of 35

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AQW 25622/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Assembly Commission to detail any engagement it has had with the Office of the Chief Scientific and Technology Advisor in relation to its Artificial Intelligence working group.

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04/04/2025

Answered on 23/04/2025

AQW 25621/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the membership of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) working group that has been established to advise the Assembly Commission of AI opportunities.

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04/04/2025

Answered on 18/04/2025

AQW 25411/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) any engagement they have had with the UK Government in relation to the AI Accelerator Programme; and (ii) whether any representatives from the Northern Ireland Executive will be involved in this programme.

01/04/2025

To be answered by 16/04/2025

AQW 25410/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the progress of the Energy Strategy Mid-Term Review.

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01/04/2025

Answered on 09/04/2025

AQW 25409/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any work underway to digitise Northern Ireland official publications which are held by (i) PRONI; and (ii) Queen's University Belfast.

01/04/2025

To be answered by 16/04/2025

AQW 25170/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) how the works taking place to improve the Purdysburn Road, South Belfast, will lead to improved safety for pedestrians, including school children and elderly people who regularly walk in this area; and (ii) whether the improvements will include any changes to speed limits along this stretch of road. [Priority Written]

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27/03/2025

Answered on 02/04/2025

AQW 25075/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration he has given to the introduction of scalp cooling treatments to support those with chemotherapy-induced alopecia. [Priority Written]

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26/03/2025

Answered on 07/04/2025

AQW 25074/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy when the Circular Economy Strategy is expected to be published.

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26/03/2025

Answered on 03/03/2025

AQW 24972/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail when the three year Careers Action Plan, in collaboration with the Department of Education, will be published.

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25/03/2025

Answered on 02/04/2025

AQW 24971/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the development of the Net Zero Accelerator Fund in collaboration with the Strategic Investment Board.

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25/03/2025

Answered on 09/04/2025

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