MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 3: Order Paper 24 07/08 – 4 December 2007

 Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion: Royal Commission – United Kingdom

That this Assembly believes, following devolution in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, that a Royal Commission should be appointed to review the steps that need to be taken to maintain the unity of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.

[Mr G Savage]
[Mr D Burnside]
[Mr D McNarry]

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

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

‘notes the proposal within the Government Green Paper, ‘The Governance of Britain’, to develop a British statement of values; welcomes the strong emphasis of the Executive, reinforced within the draft Programme for Government, to fortify links in the East-West dimension between Northern Ireland and Great Britain; and believes, following devolution in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, that a Royal Commission should be appointed to review the steps that need to be taken to promote further the unity of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.

[Lord Morrow]
[Dr W McCrea]
[Mr D Simpson]
[Mr S Hamilton]

Amendment 2: Leave out all after the first ‘Ireland’ and insert:

‘that the democratic requirements of the principle of consent will determine any change in the constitutional status of Northern Ireland; believes in the deepening of relationships between the people of these islands; encourages policy engagement and joint actions among the different administrations in these islands, and on this island; and calls for the significant expansion of North-South areas of co-operation and joint implementation.’

[Mr A Attwood]