Mr Alan Chambers

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Chambers
Official First Name: Alan
Usual First Name: Alan
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: North Down

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	North Down	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2017	North Down	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	North Down	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Health
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Audit Committee
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
17/10/2024 - 08/11/2024	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
02/02/2024 - 03/02/2024	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
17/01/2024 - 18/01/2024	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
14/02/2023 - 15/02/2023	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
07/12/2022 - 08/12/2022	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
03/08/2022 - 04/08/2022	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
30/05/2022 - 31/05/2022	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
18/02/2022 - 25/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and the Committee for Justice
03/02/2022 - 10/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and the Committee for Education
28/06/2021 - 18/02/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
25/06/2021 - 28/06/2021	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
10/02/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Health
20/01/2020 - 10/02/2020	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Audit Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
26/09/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Hospitality and Tourism

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

92 Questions, Page 1 of 10

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 3654/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the impact his appointment of Professor Mark Taylor as Regional Clinical Director for Elective Care has had on waiting lists.

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21/05/2026

Answered on 02/06/2026

AQO 3618/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the pilot scheme that restricted the use of mobile phones by pupils in a number of schools.

View Official Report for AQO 3618/22-27

21/05/2026

Answered on 01/06/2026

AQO 3375/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any assessment that has been made as to whether the presence of the First Minister, alongside the deputy First Minister, would have added value to the visit to Washington DC over the St. Patrick's Day period.

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19/03/2026

Answered on 11/05/2026

AQW 45433/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail all projects undertaken by her Department, during the last quarter of the last five financial years, that were not previously included in the annual report of anticipated projects presented to local councils, including project costings. [Priority Written]

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05/05/2026

Answered on 15/05/2026

AQW 45432/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has any plans to undertake basic housekeeping works at the former Cotton Primary School site while its future use is still under review.

05/05/2026

To be answered by 20/05/2026

AQW 44831/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consideration his Department has taken of whether the cap on the Disabled Facilities Grant meets the needs of applicants for major work projects, given the ongoing annual rise in building costs. [Priority Written]

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27/04/2026

Answered on 30/04/2026

AQW 44830/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will engage with (i) the Education Authority; (ii) Translink; and (iii) Bangor Grammar School, to address the current lack of capacity to transport pupils from the school into Bangor city centre at the end of the school day.

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27/04/2026

Answered on 06/05/2026

AQO 3456/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they both received advance personal invitations to the official events in Washington DC during the St. Patrick's Day period.

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16/04/2026

Answered on 11/05/2026

AQW 43788/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any departmental budget lines that had an underspend in the 2025-26 financial year.

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14/04/2026

Answered on 29/04/2026

AQW 43787/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any resource issues being experienced by her Department's Southern Section Office that are causing delays in responding to MLAs' correspondence.

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14/04/2026

Answered on 28/04/2026

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