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OP 51-08/09

ORDER PAPER

MONDAY 27 APRIL 2009

The Assembly to sit at noon

 

1. PRAYERS

2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS

[Minister of Finance and Personnel]

3. QUESTION TIME

4. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

- Motion - Steps 2 Work Contracts

- Proposed: That this Assembly notes the procurement process for the award of Steps 2 Work contracts; expresses concern about the management, the requirements and the conduct of the process; and calls for a joint inquiry involving the Committee for Employment and Learning and the Committee for Finance and Personnel, into the conduct of the procurement process.

[Mr A Attwood]

- Motion - STEM Subjects

- Proposed: That this Assembly expresses its concern at the decline in the number of students enrolling in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects; notes the commitment in the Programme for Government to increase by 25% the number of students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds at graduate and postgraduate level, studying STEM subjects by 2015; and calls on the Minister of Employment and Learning to bring forward proposals to ensure this commitment is delivered.

[Mr P Butler]
[Mrs C McGill]
[Ms S Ramsey]

5. ADJOURNMENT