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 - 28/06/2021	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
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 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Audit Committee
20/01/2020 - 10/02/2020	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
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:

107 Questions, Page 1 of 11

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 2936/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the Proposed Draft Budget 2026-29/30 will enable the full delivery of the Programme for Government 2024-2027.

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08/01/2026

Answered on 09/07/2026

AQW 50417/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether DfI Rivers has any responsibility to clear overgrown vegetation from the bank of the Ballyree Drain, MW 3643, which is encroaching on residential properties at Ashbury Avenue, Bangor, and is a potential threat to the free flow of the drain. [Priority Written]

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03/07/2026

Answered on 08/07/2026

AQW 50416/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Justice whether she intends to make representations to the UK Government for an additional payment, over and above the £4 million already awarded, to help cover the actual cost to the PSNI for policing the recent disorder.

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03/07/2026

Answered on 08/07/2026

AQW 50415/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has any plans to establish a long service award for staff retiring after serving for over forty years in the Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre, Bangor.

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03/07/2026

Answered on 07/07/2026

AQW 50414/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Justice to detail who responsible for the legal costs, to date, for the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others, in relation to the holiday pay case.

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03/07/2026

Answered on 15/07/2026

AQW 50413/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the timelines around the ground improvement grants on offer to local football clubs.

03/07/2026

To be answered by 22/07/2026

AQW 49963/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 48539/22-27, to detail the purchase price of a plain reflective traffic bollard. [Priority Written]

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30/06/2026

Answered on 06/07/2026

AQO 3759/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the delivery of the Programme for Government 2024-2027.

11/06/2026

To be answered by 22/06/2026

AQO 3810/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the Neighbourhood Model of Care.

18/06/2026

To be answered on 29/06/2026

AQW 48856/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment that has been made of the reason why the water main pipe, on the B511 Bangor Road, Groomsport, is frequently bursting at the same location. [Priority Written]

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17/06/2026

Answered on 25/06/2026

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