| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQW 33822/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
[R]
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to her Written Ministerial Statement on 16 October 2025 on Invest NI Review of Investments, to detail any discussions her Department has had with the (i) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; and (ii) Department for Business and Trade, given that her statement involves issues of foreign policy and international trade.
[Priority Written]
| 17/10/2025 |
To be answered by 27/10/2025
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AQW 33821/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
[R]
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to her Written Ministerial Statement on 16 October 2025 on Invest NI Review of Investments, to detail (i) the definition of genocide that she has instructed her Department to use; and (ii) whether this is an agreed definition with His Majesty's Government, who has responsibility for foreign, defence and trade affairs.
| 17/10/2025 |
To be answered by 03/11/2025
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AQW 33820/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
[R]
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any assessment that has been made of the Minister for the Economy's Written Ministerial Statement on 16 October 2025 on Invest NI Review of Investments on (i) conducting foreign, defence and trade policy that are not devolved matters; and (ii) the impact on USA/NI relations by referencing defence manufactured goods being used by the USA in its military operations in the Middle East.
| 17/10/2025 |
To be answered by 03/11/2025
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AQW 33819/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
[R]
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to her Written Ministerial Statement on 16 October 2025 on Invest NI Review of Investments, to detail the legal authority she has to instruct Invest NI on foreign, defence or trade policy, which are not devolved matters.
| 17/10/2025 |
To be answered by 03/11/2025
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AQW 33818/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
[R]
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to her Written Ministerial Statement on 16 October 2025 on Invest NI Review of Investments, to detail the legal grounds on which she can instruct a government body, in particular Invest NI, not to engage in UK overseas trade negotiations.
| 17/10/2025 |
To be answered by 03/11/2025
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AQO 2612/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Health for an update on actions being taken to address clinical variation across Northern Ireland.
| 16/10/2025 |
To be answered on 03/11/2025
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AQW 33717/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
[R]
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any engagement her Department has had with aerospace industry bodies on creating a bespoke aerospace defence apprenticeship training scheme in Northern Ireland.
| 16/10/2025 |
To be answered by 31/10/2025
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AQW 33716/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee's October 2025 report Northern Ireland after Brexit: Strengthening Northern Ireland’s voice in the context of the Windsor Framework, whether he has (i) reviewed his assessment that faithful implementation best suits local agribusiness; (ii) given consideration to the implications on a delay of a SPS agreement until 2027 at earliest to local agribusiness; and (iii) reviewed his Department's approach to enforcement of EU rules, given the report's observations on the difficulties with the Windsor Framework.
| 16/10/2025 |
To be answered by 31/10/2025
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AQW 33715/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance whether the NOVA project had been cancelled.
| 16/10/2025 |
To be answered by 31/10/2025
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AQW 33714/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the amount spent, to date, on the NOVA project; (ii) whether there are any penalties to the Northern Ireland Civil Service for ending the NOVA contract; and (iii) the reporting made by his Department on the NOVA project, including to whom and when.
| 16/10/2025 |
To be answered by 31/10/2025
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