OP 51-09/10
ORDER PAPER
MONDAY 26 APRIL 2010
The Assembly to sit at noon
1. Prayers
2. Question Time
2.1 Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
2.2 Justice
3. Committee Business
Motion - Extension of Committee Stage: Local Government (Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 7/09)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 28 June 2010, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Local Government (Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 7/09).
Chairperson, Committee for the Environment
Motion - Extension of Committee Stage: Debt Relief Bill (NIA Bill 9/09)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 2 July 2010, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Debt Relief Bill (NIA Bill 9/09).
Chairperson, Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Motion - Special European Union Programmes Body
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes the long and continuing delays within the Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB) in processing applications for project funding under the European Union INTERREG IVA Programme, especially for those projects relating to enterprise, tourism, energy and telecoms, for which DETI is the accountable Department; and calls on the Minister of Finance and Personnel to continue to work with the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and SEUPB to progress applications without further undue delay to enable good quality projects to be implemented quickly for the benefit of local communities.
Chairperson, Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Chairperson, Committee for Finance and Personnel
4. Private Members’ Business
First Stage - Caravans Bill
A Bill to amend the law relating to caravans and caravan sites.
Mr J McCallister
Motion - Development of a Jobs Strategy
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the continued significant impact of job losses across Northern Ireland; notes the need for strategic cross-departmental planning on job protection and creation; and calls for the establishment of a Ministerial committee to consider the development, co-ordination and implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Review of Economic Policy, the Independent Review of Policy on the Location of Public Sector Jobs, the report on the Inquiry into Public Procurement and the report of the Matrix panel, in order to develop a jobs strategy for the region by September 2010.
Mr P Ramsey
Dr A McDonnell
Motion - Funding for Army Cadets
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the positive effects of the Army Cadets on the young people who enlist, as well as the benefits to army enrolment; and calls on the Defence Secretary to ensure that the necessary funding is allocated to this organisation to ensure its continuance.
Mr J Shannon
Lord Morrow