Mr Brian Kingston

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Kingston
Official First Name: Brian
Usual First Name: Brian
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: North Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/05/2022	North Belfast	Unionist, First Elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
08/04/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
25/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Football
11/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
28/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Homelessness
21/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
20/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
10/10/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
27/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Mental Health
23/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Voluntary and Community Sector
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
28/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
01/07/2022 - 11/09/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Fairtrade
16/06/2022 - 24/05/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
06/06/2022 - 15/05/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability

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Assembly Questions

Session:

4 Questions, Page 1 of 1

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQO 987/22-27	Mr Brian Kingston (DUP - North Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Health what measures can be taken to reduce waiting times for urgent face-to-face appointments with a gynaecology consultant. + Display Answer	03/10/2024	Answered on 15/10/2024
AQO 928/22-27	Mr Brian Kingston (DUP - North Belfast)	To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what progress is being made to secure an extension to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to include community-based employability support programmes. + Display Answer	26/09/2024	Answered on 07/10/2024
AQO 834/22-27	Mr Brian Kingston (DUP - North Belfast)	To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any support his Department provides toward the development of local community-based tourist attractions.	12/09/2024	To be answered on 23/09/2024
AQO 725/22-27	Mr Brian Kingston (DUP - North Belfast)	To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on securing funding from the Urban Villages Initiative for the proposed Westland Community Centre, North Belfast. View Official Report for AQO 725/22-27	02/09/2024	Answered on 09/09/2024

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Declaration of a Housing Emergency - Amendment 2	Motion Amendment	MLA - North Belfast	10/10/2024
Tackling Paramilitarism - Amendment 1	Motion Amendment	MLA - North Belfast	10/10/2024
Draft Programme for Government - Amendment 1	Motion Amendment	MLA - North Belfast	03/10/2024	07/10/2024
Funding for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice	Motion	MLA - North Belfast	24/09/2024	14/10/2024

Votes On Division

Vote Subject	Division Date	Member Voted
-#1 Failure to Produce a River Basin Management Plan - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Miss Michel	15/10/2024	AYE
Prayer of Annulment: The Hops Certification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 [Committ	14/10/2024	AYE
-#1 Farmers' Basic Payment Scheme (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Patsy McGl	07/10/2024	NO
-#1 Draft Programme for Government - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Brian Kingston]	07/10/2024	AYE
-#1 Mental Health Provision in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mrs Diane Dodds]	30/09/2024	AYE
Final Stage: Budget (No. 2) Bill (NIA Bill 06/22-27) [Minister of Finance - Department of Finance]	23/09/2024	AYE
-#1 Removing the Barriers to Green Growth - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mrs Deborah Erskine]	17/09/2024	AYE
Amend Standing Order 30 [Committee Chair - Committee on Procedures]	17/09/2024	AYE
-#2 Budgetary Pressures - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Paul Frew]	10/09/2024	AYE

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