No. 14-08/09

MINUTE OF PROCEEDINGS

TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2008

The Assembly met at 10.30 am, the Speaker in the Chair

1. Personal Prayer or Meditation

Members observed two minutes’ silence.

2. The Speaker’s Business

   2.1 The Speaker invited Mr Nelson McCausland to withdraw unparliamentary comments he had made during a debate on 3 November 2008. Mr McCausland refused and was ordered, under Standing Order 65, to withdraw immediately from the Chamber and its precincts during the remainder of the day’s Sitting. Mr McCausland withdrew from the Chamber.

3. Executive Committee Business

3.1 Motion - Draft Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008

Proposed: That the draft Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 be approved.

[Minister of Finance and Personnel]

Debate ensued.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

4. Committee Business

4.1 Motion - Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the draft Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Amendment) ( Northern Ireland) Order 2008

Proposed: That this Assembly approves the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee set up to consider the draft Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, and agrees that it be submitted to the Secretary of State as a Report of the Assembly.

[Chairperson, Ad Hoc Committee on draft Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Amendment) (NI) Order 2008]

Debate ensued.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

5. Private Members’ Business

5.1 Motion - 1859 Revival Anniversary

Proposed: That this Assembly notes that 2009 will mark the 150th anniversary of the 1859 Revival; acknowledges the positive contribution made by the Revival to society; recognises that the positive impact of the Revival is still felt today; and calls upon the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to mark this anniversary during 2009.

[Mr D Simpson]
[Mr S Moutray]
[Mr M Storey]
[Mr J Wells]

Debate ensued.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

The sitting was suspended at 12.46 pm.

The sitting resumed at 2.00 pm with the Deputy Speaker (Mr Dallat) in the chair.

6. Private Members’ Business (cont’d)

6.1 Motion - Levy on Plastic Carrier Bags

Proposed: That this Assembly supports, in principle, a levy on plastic carrier bags and notes the French Government’s decision to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags by 2010; and calls on the Minister of the Environment to bring forward legislation, as a matter of priority, to introduce a levy on plastic carrier bags and to develop a plan to phase out their use.

[Mr D McKay]
[Mr C Boylan]

Debate ensued.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

6.2 Motion - Forest and Woodland Targets

Proposed: That this Assembly notes the limited target set in the Programme for Government for increasing the area of forest and woodland; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail the strategies that are in place to achieve the 2006 Forestry Strategy target of doubling woodland cover in the next fifty years.

[Mr K Robinson]
[Mr T Elliott]
[Mr B Armstrong]


Debate ensued.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

7. Adjournment

Proposed: That the Assembly do now adjourn.

[The Speaker]

The Assembly adjourned at 4.23 pm.

Mr William Hay
The Speaker
4 November 2008

 

NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY

PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE ASSEMBLY ON
4 NOVEMBER 2008

1. Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly

2. Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly

3. Orders in Council

4. Publications Laid in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Department of Finance and Personnel Memorandum on the Seventeenth Report from the Public Accounts Committee Session 2007-2008: Managing Sickness Absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NIA 47/08-09)

5. Assembly Reports

6. Statutory Rules

(The department identified after each rule is for reference purposes only.)

7. Consultation Documents

8. Departmental Publications

Pensions (No.2) Bill – Equality Impact Assessment (DSD)

9. Agency Publications

10. Westminster Publications

11. Miscellaneous Publications

Northern Ireland Assembly Legislation:

Stages in Consideration of Public Bills

First Stage: Introduction of Bill
Second Stage: General debate of the Bill with an opportunity for Members to vote on its general principles
Committee Stage: Detailed investigation by a Committee which concludes with the publication of a report for consideration by the Assembly.
Consideration Stage: Consideration by the Assembly of, and an opportunity for Members to vote on, the details of the Bill including amendments proposed to the Bill.
Further Consideration Stage: Consideration by the Assembly of, and an opportunity for Members to vote on, further amendments to the Bill.
Final Stage: Passing or rejecting of Bill by the Assembly, without further amendment.
Royal Assent

Proceedings as at 4 NOVEMBER 2008

Session 2008-2009

Executive Bills

Title & Bill Number	First Stage	Second Stage	Committee Stage due to Conclude	Committee Report Ordered to be Printed	Consideration Stage	Further Consideration Stage	Final Stage	Royal Assent
*Charities Bill NIA Bill 9/07	10.12.07	15.01.08	27.06.08	13.05.08	03.06.08	17.06.08	30.06.08	09.09.08
*Building Regulations Bill NIA Bill 11/07	25.02.08	04.03.08	27.06.08	25.06.08
*Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill NIA Bill 15/07	12.05.08	20.05.08	12.12.08
*Public Authorities (Reform) Bill NIA Bill 19/07	17.06.08	30.06.08	12.12.08
*Civil Registration Bill NIA Bill 20/07	17.06.08	01.07.08	20.03.09
*Health and Social Care (Reform) Bill NIA Bill 21/07	23.06.08	01.07.08	05.12.08
*Diseases of Animals Bill NIA Bill 22/07	30.06.08	15.09.08	17.02.09
*Presumption of Death Bill NIA Bill 23/07	01.07.08	15.09.08	16.01.09

Session 2008-2009

Non-Executive Bills

Title & Bill Number	First Stage	Second Stage	Committee Stage due to Conclude	Committee Report Ordered to be Printed	Consideration Stage	Further Consideration Stage	Final Stage	Royal Assent
*Carers Allowance Bill NIA Bill 13/07	31.03.08
Community Use of School Premises Bill NIA Bill 1/08	13.10.08

* Bill carried over from 2007-2008 by the Assembly as Royal Assent had not been achieved.
/ Bill progressing by accelerated passage