OP 37-09/10 Marshalled

MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 5: Order Paper 37-09/10– 22 February 2010

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion - 50/50 Recruitment Policy

That this Assembly notes the renewal for one final year of ‘50/50’ recruitment to the police in Northern Ireland; looks forward to the next substantial recruitment competition when, for the first time in a decade, Protestant applicants will face no barriers on the grounds of perceived religious affiliation in the process of being considered for a career in the police.

[Mr G Campbell]
[Mr P Weir]
[Mr T Clarke]

The Speaker has selected the following amendment for debate:

Amendment 1:

Proposed: leave out all after ‘renewal’ and insert:

‘of 50/50 recruitment to the PSNI; believes that special measures are still needed to achieve a police service which is representative of the community as recommended by the Patten Report; and recommends that 50/50 recruitment should continue after the Catholic community background reaches 30% for police officers, to help bring about the “closer resemblance to that of the community as a whole” in the composition of both police officers and civilian staff respectively.’

[Mr A Attwood]
[Mrs D Kelly]
[Mr A Maginness]
[Mr J Dallat]