MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 4: Order Paper 3-07/08 – 17 September 2007

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion - Ad Hoc Committee on Suicide

That this Assembly shares the growing concern about the level of suicide, particularly among our young people, and, pursuant to Standing Order 48(7), appoints an Ad Hoc Committee, to –

Examine the delivery of services and support to people who may be at risk from suicide; make recommendations to the Executive; and present its report to the Assembly by 10 December 2007.

Composition:
DUP 4
SF 3
UUP 2
SDLP 1
Other Parties 1

Quorum:
The quorum shall be five.

Procedure:
The procedures of the Committee shall be such as the Committee shall determine.

[Mr G Adams]
[Ms C Ní Chuilín]

The Speaker has selected the following amendment(s) for debate:

Amendment 1: Leave out all after ‘people’ and insert:

‘and refers this issue to the Health, Social Services and Public Safety Committee to examine, as a matter of urgency, the delivery of services and support to people who may be at risk from suicide; make recommendations to the Executive; and present its report to the Assembly at the earliest opportunity, but not later than 12 February 2008.

[Mrs I Robinson]
[Mr T Buchanan]

Motion - Free Public Transport for Women from the age of 60

That this Assembly, in the promotion of equality for all in Northern Ireland, calls upon the Minister for Regional Development to introduce free public transport for women from the age of 60.

[Mr K McCarthy]

The Speaker has selected the following amendment(s) for debate:

Amendment 1: Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘, mindful of policy elsewhere in the United Kingdom, calls upon the Minister for Regional Development, subject to budgetary considerations, to introduce free public transport for women and men at the age of 60.’

[Mr R Beggs]

Amendment 2: Leave out all after ‘to’ and insert:

‘consider the introduction of free public transport for everyone over the age of 60.’

[Mr J Wells]