Speeches by Murray.

“Particularly within an industry that is becoming much more freelance-based, and where you do not necessarily have the protection of an employer.”

“One of my earliest memories is being in a hospital room as my grandfather was dying of cancer. Ten days ago, I was in the same hospital as my father died with the same cancer—50 years in between, almost to the week, but no significant change in prognosis. Can the Minister assure me that what are termed the less surviva…”

“I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests; prior to my election, I represented disabled members on the national executive of Unison. There are many barriers that prevent disabled people and those with long-term health conditions from not only entering but staying in the workplace, fro…”

“8. What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.”

“Following on from that, particularly if you are looking at the substitution list, or, as you outlined, the Scottish Parliament, that is a completely different D’Hondt system where people are expressing a preference for the party, not necessarily an individual candidate. In STV, people make that choice as to an absolute…”

“You mentioned earlier the subject of co-option now coming from Scotland, which operates STV elections for local authorities and is in a perpetual round of local council by-elections, which completely skewed the picture that was there to begin with. You can understand that one thing that is being talked about is whether…”

“Yes, 2009. Why should we return to it?”

“I recognise that no system is perfect. There is nothing that has that level of perfection there. One thing we are also concerned about is how we make sure that we increase participation, and not just democratic accountability but participation in the process as well. Have there been other approaches considered with tha…”

“Sarah and David, how have you found the administration of the co-option process?”

“In the Hillhead, Waterside, Harestanes and, in particular, Twechar parts of my constituency, the issue of buses—or, more accurately, the lack of them—is continually being raised with me. My constituents cannot get access to local services, whether it is going to the bank or going to church. They need to change buses an…”

“Thank you for your questions and answers so far. I want to expand on the 124%. The question that keeps coming back to me when we are talking about established levels of need is whether the evaluation of the starting point of this or the formulas that determine need started in the right place. Was it based on the things…”

“Thank you for your questions and answers so far. I want to expand on the 124%. The question that keeps coming back to me when we are talking about established levels of need is whether the evaluation of the starting point of this or the formulas that determine need started in the right place. Was it based on the things…”

“Following on from that, overall Northern Ireland funding is not projected to reach 124% of relative need for another 10 years. Have you made an assessment of the potential benefits of providing more funding in the interim to bring that forward?”

“Following on from that, overall Northern Ireland funding is not projected to reach 124% of relative need for another 10 years. Have you made an assessment of the potential benefits of providing more funding in the interim to bring that forward?”

“While the contract with Airbus is welcome, there is concern about the split of the Spirit plant in Belfast. Can the Secretary of State reassure me that wider defence and aerospace contracts with companies such as Skyrora in my constituency that are held in Belfast by the non-Airbus part of Spirit will not be put at ris…”

“Thanks for joining us today. I want to pick up on what Alex and Celine have just been saying and explore a wee bit further. You have been quite clear that, effectively, the sector has been filling the gaps, but that cannot happen indefinitely, because there is only so much money and because of being able to identify th…”

“It was about paid roles versus volunteer roles. Are more roles being taken on by volunteers?”

“Thanks for joining us today. I want to pick up on what Alex and Celine have just been saying and explore a wee bit further. You have been quite clear that, effectively, the sector has been filling the gaps, but that cannot happen indefinitely, because there is only so much money and because of being able to identify th…”

“It was about paid roles versus volunteer roles. Are more roles being taken on by volunteers?”

“2. What progress his Department has made on securing the future of Spirit AeroSystems in Northern Ireland.”