Mr Doug Beattie MC

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Beattie
Official First Name: Douglas
Usual First Name: Doug
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: Upper Bann

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	Upper Bann	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2017	Upper Bann	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	Upper Bann	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
17/10/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
17/06/2024 - 09/09/2024	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
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
29/05/2021 - 22/06/2021	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
04/05/2020 - 01/06/2021	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for The Executive Office
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
20/01/2020 - 06/07/2020	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
13/05/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Access to Justice
14/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
09/12/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Stroke
30/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Aerospace and Space
28/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on MS and Neurology
27/06/2024 - 19/03/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
13/09/2022 - 06/01/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Universal Basic Income
30/06/2022 - 10/10/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
06/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
09/05/2017 - 13/10/2021	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Community and Voluntary Sector
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

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AQW 43262/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when the draft Parking Restrictions Order is anticipated to be introduced to the Assembly.

26/03/2026

To be answered by 14/04/2026

AQO 3347/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any quantifiable effects of the conflict in the Middle East on the Northern Ireland economy.

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12/03/2026

Answered on 23/03/2026

AQW 42242/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) whether there are any dispensations in place to permit a burial or cremation to take place at a weekend without a GRO21 having been issued; (ii) any guidance that has been provided to local councils regarding the requirement for a GRO21 before burial or cremation; and (ii) any legal enforcement in place to ensure GRO21 are not issued retrospectively, after a burial or cremation.

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11/03/2026

Answered on 27/03/2026

AQW 42241/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Finance whether he has considered granting chapels of rest and church sanctuaries exceptions from business rates, in line with the exemptions provided for places of public religious worship.

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11/03/2026

Answered on 20/03/2026

AQO 3230/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Justice to outline how her Department engages with the Home Office to ensure foreign nationals that have been given a custodial sentence of 12 months or more are not released back into the community at the end of their sentence, but surrendered to the Foreign National Offenders Returns Command for deportation.

26/02/2026

To be answered by 09/03/2026

AQO 3257/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any engagement he has had with the Minister of Justice in relation to sentencing for animal cruelty.

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26/02/2026

Answered on 10/03/2026

AQO 3305/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Finance whether he will consider removing rates paid on funeral directors' chapels of rest.

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05/03/2026

Answered on 16/03/2026

AQO 3109/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.

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05/02/2026

Answered on 20/02/2026

AQW 40853/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Communities when he will answer AQW 39450/22-27.

18/02/2026

To be answered by 05/03/2026

AQW 40852/22-27

Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Communities when he will answer AQW 39122/22-27.

18/02/2026

To be answered by 05/03/2026

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