MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 3: Order Paper 10 08/09 – 14 October 2008

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion - Financial Pressures Impacting on Public Spending

That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail any existing and anticipated financial pressures impacting on public spending allocations in the current budgetary period, in light of the global economic downturn and credit crunch.

[Mr D McNarry]
[Mr R Beggs]

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

Amendment 1: At end insert:

‘; and further calls on the Minister of Finance and Personnel to lay a draft budget for 2009-2010, agreed by the Executive Committee, before the Assembly in accordance with section 64 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.’

[Mr M Durkan]
[Mr D O’Loan]

Amendment 2: At end insert:

‘, and to report on any plans to make changes to the underlying allocations within the 2008-2011 Budget, beyond the scope of the quarterly monitoring rounds.’

[Dr S Farry]
[Mr D Ford]

Motion – Climate Change

That this Assembly expresses concern that the Minister of the Environment continues to ignore the mounting evidence that climate change is a significant issue, and -

(i) calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to ensure that the Department of the Environment recognises recent scientific evidence and sets challenging targets for carbon reductions and sustainable development across all departments; and

(ii) calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to ensure that the principles and priorities for the Department of the Environment contained in the Programme for Government, and approved by the Assembly, are reflected accurately by both the Minister of the Environment and departmental officials, for example, when attending North-South and East-West ministerial meetings.

[Mr T Gallagher]

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

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

‘recognises that climate change is occurring, is a significant issue and that mankind should contribute to a solution to the extent to which it is contributing to the problem; calls on the Office of First Minister and deputy First Minister and the Minister of the Environment to take action to minimise the impact of this on individuals, households and small and medium sized enterprises; further recognises that the Department of the Environment has already committed to targets in this area in the Programme for Government; and further calls on the Minister of the Environment to promote the Energy Saving Trust and the Northern Ireland Energy Agency in order to help prevent further financial pressure on households.’

[Mr A Ross]
[Mr P Weir]

Amendment 2: At end insert:

‘(iii) calls on all Ministers to ensure that their Departments recognise the significance of man-made climate change, particularly in the promotion of sustainability in transport, planning, housing and energy consumption.’

[Mr D Ford]
[Mr B Wilson]

Motion – Omagh Bombing

That this Assembly calls for the establishment of a formal, cross-border, legally binding process, designed to secure full disclosure from the Intelligence Services and Security forces in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, to establish what relevant information they had before, and immediately after, the attack which killed 29 civilians on 15 August 1998.

[Mr D Ford]
[Mrs N Long]
[Mr K McCarthy]
[Dr K Deeny]

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

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

‘condemns the republican terrorists responsible for the murder of the 29 people and two unborn children in Omagh on 15 August 2008; recognises that they alone were responsible for this tragedy; notes the recent revelations about the possible breakdown in the provision of information which may have assisted in the prevention of the bombing; and calls on the UK Government to urgently institute a process to investigate the matter (i) in a way which is open, transparent, and commands the confidence of the community; and (ii) in co-operation with the Government of the Republic of Ireland.’

[Mr A Bresland]
[Mr T Buchanan]

Amendment 2: Insert after ‘civilians’:

‘, and two unborn children,’

[Mr D Ford]
[Mr T Lunn]
[Dr S Farry]
[Dr K Deeny]