OP 19-09/10
ORDER PAPER
MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2009
The Assembly to sit at noon
1. PRAYERS
2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS
- Motion - Suspension of Standing Orders
- Proposed: That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 23 November 2009.
[First Minister and deputy First Minister]
- Further Consideration Stage - Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill (NIA 15/07)
[Minister of the Environment]
- Further Consideration Stage - Department of Justice Bill (NIA 1/09)
[First Minister and deputy First Minister]
3. QUESTION TIME
3.1 Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
3.2 Agriculture and Rural Development
4. COMMITTEE BUSINESS
(a) - Motion - Amend Standing Orders
- Proposed: After Standing Order 9 insert –
‘9A. TEMPORARY SPEAKER
(1) If neither the Speaker nor any Deputy Speaker is able to chair a sitting of the Assembly, the sitting shall be chaired by a temporary Speaker.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in cases where Standing Order 3(2) or 4(2) applies. If the Acting Speaker under Standing Order 4(8) is unable to chair a sitting, the sitting shall be chaired by a temporary Speaker.
(3) The temporary Speaker shall be the member, present at the sitting, who has served the Assembly the longest number of days, and in the case of a tie, the oldest of the longest-serving members present. Ministers and junior Ministers are not eligible to be considered as temporary Speakers.’
[Chairperson, Committee on Procedures]
(b) - Motion - Amend Standing Order 3(2)
- Proposed: In Standing Order 3(2) leave out ‘eldest member of the Assembly’ and insert -
‘oldest member present at the meeting’
[Chairperson, Committee on Procedures]
(c) - Motion - Amend Standing Order 4(2)
- Proposed: In Standing Order 4(2) leave out ‘eldest member of the Assembly’ and insert –
‘oldest member present at the meeting’
[Chairperson, Committee on Procedures]
(d) - Motion - Amend Standing Order 4(8)
- Proposed: In Standing Order 4(8) leave out ‘eldest member’ and insert –
‘oldest member’
[Chairperson, Committee on Procedures]
5. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
- Motion - Credit Unions Products and Services
- Proposed: That this Assembly recognises the important role of Credit Unions during these difficult economic times, especially for those on low incomes and dependent on benefits; and calls on the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to bring forward proposals to ensure that Credit Unions can provide the same range of financial products and services as their counterparts in Britain and the rest of Ireland.
[Mr P Butler]
[Ms J McCann]
- Motion - Double-Jobbing
- Proposed: That this Assembly notes the recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, ‘Supporting Parliament, Safeguarding the Taxpayer’; calls on all political parties within the Assembly to commit to an end to ‘double-jobbing’ by the next Assembly election in 2011 to protect the integrity of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and further calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to convey the opinion of the Assembly on this matter to the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
[Mr D McNarry]
Mr D Kennedy]