MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 2: Order Paper 4-07/08 – 18 September 2007

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion - Fuel Poverty

That this Assembly calls on the Minister for Social Development to review the strategy for the eradication of fuel poverty, particularly amongst pensioner households and households with children.

[Mr R Beggs]
[Mr J McCallister]

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

Amendment 1:

Proposed:  Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘notes the debate on fuel poverty which took place on 29 th May 2007 and the resolution adopted; and calls on the Executive to prioritise the elimination of fuel poverty in the forthcoming Programme for Government.’

[Mr A Maginness]

Motion - Heart Defect Screening Service

That this Assembly expresses its sympathy to the families of Patrick Breen and Patrick Devlin, who died recently on the sports field from heart defects; sympathises with all families on the island of Ireland who have lost loved ones in this way; calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to bring forward options for a comprehensive screening service; further calls on other Government Departments to co-operate in clarifying the costs of the development of such options, which should include schools and college services; and believes that such a service would benefit from co-operation and co-ordination through the North /South Ministerial Council and the British-Irish Council.

[Mr D Bradley]
[Mrs C Hanna] 

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

Amendment 1:

Proposed:  Leave out all after the second ‘families’ and insert:

‘who have lost loved ones in this way; and calls upon the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, and the Executive, to consult with their United Kingdom counterparts through the National Screening Committee, and bring forward fully costed, evidence-based proposals to reduce avoidable cardiac deaths in the young, including screening programmes where appropriate.’

[Mrs I Robinson]
[Mr T Buchanan]

Motion - School Openings and Amalgamations

That this Assembly notes with concern some of the decisions taken by the Minister of Education over the summer recess on school openings and amalgamations; and calls upon the Minister to clarify her approach to the recommendations of the Bain Report and the Sustainable Schools Policy published by her Department.

[Mr S Wilson]

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

Amendment 1:

Proposed:  Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘calls upon the Minister to clarify her approach to the recommendations of the Bain Report by publishing her Department’s sustainable schools policy without further delay.’

[Mr D Bradley]