Mr Edwin Poots

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Poots
Official First Name: Edwin
Usual First Name: Edwin
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: South Belfast


PartyRolePeriod
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member07/03/2022 - 27/03/2022
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member02/03/2017 - 07/03/2022
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2011 - 30/03/2016
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member07/03/2007 - 25/03/2011
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member26/11/2003 - 30/01/2007
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member25/06/1998 - 28/04/2003


DateConstituencyDesignation
25/06/1998Lagan ValleyUnionist, First Elected
26/11/2003Lagan ValleyUnionist, Re-elected
20/03/2007Lagan ValleyUnionist, Re-elected
12/05/2011Lagan ValleyUnionist, Re-elected
12/05/2016Lagan ValleyUnionist, Re-elected
13/03/2017Lagan ValleyUnionist, Resigned
07/03/2022Lagan ValleyUnionist, Resigned
13/05/2022South BelfastUnionist, Re-elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
03/02/2024 - PresentSpeakerNorthern Ireland Assembly
03/02/2024 - PresentCommittee ChairNorthern Ireland Assembly Commission
03/02/2024 - PresentCommittee ChairBusiness Committee
07/03/2022 - 27/10/2022MinisterDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
08/03/2021 - 07/03/2022MinisterDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 07/03/2022Committee MemberAd Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
11/01/2020 - 02/02/2021MinisterDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017Committee MemberCommittee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017Committee Deputy ChairCommittee on Procedures
01/03/2016 - 30/03/2016Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016Committee MemberPublic Accounts Committee
12/05/2015 - 30/09/2015Committee MemberAd Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
06/10/2014 - 30/03/2016Committee MemberCommittee for Justice
06/10/2014 - 30/03/2016Committee MemberCommittee for Agriculture and Rural Development
16/05/2011 - 23/09/2014MinisterDepartment of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
03/07/2009 - 04/05/2011MinisterDepartment of the Environment
15/09/2008 - 13/09/2009Committee MemberCommittee for Agriculture and Rural Development
17/06/2008 - 13/09/2009Committee MemberCommittee for Education
14/05/2007 - 09/06/2008MinisterDepartment of Culture, Arts and Leisure
20/03/2007 - 20/03/2007Committee ChairSubgroup on Standing Orders
08/05/2002 - 28/04/2003Committee ChairEU Affairs Sub Committee
27/07/2000 - 28/04/2003Committee ChairCommittee of the Centre


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
09/05/2017 - 07/03/2022Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll Party Group on Country Sports
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Human Life
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Country Sports
18/11/2015 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Human Life
13/02/2013 - 14/02/2015Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Country Sports
28/06/2011 - 18/09/2012Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Visual Impairment
22/01/2009 - 24/03/2011Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Visual Impairment
01/07/2008 - 24/03/2011Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Construction

Room: TBC
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: edwin.poots@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: 127-145 Sandy Row
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: Malone Lower
Ward:
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT12 5ET
Phone: 02890 135316
Fax:
Email: edwin.poots@co.niassembly.gov.uk

1. Employment and Earnings

E & L Poots, Farming. Remuneration: Nil. Hours worked: seven per week. (Registered 29 June 2022)


2. Donations and other support

None


3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None


4. Visits

None


5. Shareholdings

Iveagh Properties (Property development) - sub-category (ii). (Registered 29 June 2022)


6. Land and Property

Agricultural land at Crossan, Hillsborough. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Dwelling, Lisnastraen, Hillsborough. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Agricultural land at Lisnastraen, Hillsborough. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Agricultural land at Growell, Hillsborough. (Registered 29 June 2022)


7. Miscellaneous

None


8. Unremunerated interests

Member, Board of Governors, Meadow Bridge Primary School. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Member, Board of Governors, Carr Primary School. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Member, Loyal Orange Lodge. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Member, Dromara Apprentice Boys. (Registered 29 June 2022)

Member, Apprentice Boys of Derry. (Registered 30 June 2022)


9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
Ref NoMemberQuestionTabledStatus
AQO 983/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the mechanisms his Department will use to ensure local businesses reach their growth potential.

+ Display Answer 		12/01/2017 Answered on 25/01/2017
AQO 966/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister for Communities to outline the demand and uptake for the Community Halls Programme.

View Official Report for AQO 966/16-21 		12/01/2017 Answered on 24/01/2017
AQO 744/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister of Health whether she plans to deliver a campaign targeting ovarian cancer.

View Official Report for AQO 744/16-21 		17/11/2016 Answered on 28/11/2016
AQO 718/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of school readiness of children starting primary school.

View Official Report for AQO 718/16-21 		10/11/2016 Answered on 22/11/2016
AQO 598/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister of Finance how his Department ensures that the main contractors on public sector contracts are paying subcontractors promptly for their work.

View Official Report for AQO 598/16-21 		20/10/2016 Answered on 08/11/2016
AQO 515/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what discussions his departmental officials have had with Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council on developing the Knockmore/Sprucefield link road.

+ Display Answer 		06/10/2016 Answered on 19/10/2016
AQO 456/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister of Education to outline any engagement his Department has had with the Public Health Agency to prepare pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds entering primary school.

+ Display Answer 		29/09/2016 Answered on 12/10/2016
AQW 5123/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister of Health how much each Health and Social Care Trust spent on interpreters in each of the last three financial years.

+ Display Answer 		11/10/2016 Answered on 24/11/2016
AQO 367/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for her assessment of how research by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute into grass production can assist the livestock sector.

22/09/2016 Question Withdrawn
AQO 362/16-21 Mr Edwin Poots
(DUP - Lagan Valley) 		To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the findings of the Fresh Start Panel’s Report on the Disbandment of Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland.

22/09/2016 Question Withdrawn
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