OP 69-09/10
ORDER PAPER
TUESDAY 29 JUNE 2010
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am
1. Prayers
2. Executive Committee Business
Second Stage - Welfare of Animals Bill (NIA 28/09)
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Second Stage - Transport Bill (NIA 29/09)
Minister for Regional Development
Second Stage - Tourism (Amendment) Bill (NIA 30/09)
Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
3. Question Time
3.1 Culture, Arts and Leisure
4. Committee Business
(a) Motion - Amend Standing Order 10(3)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 10(3) leave out from line 6 to line 9.
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
(b) Motion - Amend Standing Order 10(3A)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 10, after paragraph (3) insert -
‘(3A) Where it appears that Monday’s business may not be completed by 7.00 pm, a motion to extend the sitting into the evening may be moved by –
(a) a member of the Executive Committee (in respect of outstanding Executive Committee Business);
(b) a member of the Business Committee (in respect of any other outstanding business).
(3B) A motion under paragraph (3A) may only be moved if –
(a) notice of the motion has been given to the Speaker by –
(i) 11.00 am on the Monday in question; or
(ii) such later time as the Speaker may allow; and
(b) the motion specifies the latest time at which the Assembly is to adjourn and the Speaker considers that time to be reasonable.
(3C) Consideration of business on the Order Paper not concluded by the time the Assembly adjourns on a Monday shall be postponed until such time as the Business Committee determines.’
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
(c) Motion - Amend Standing Order 10(4)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 10(4) line 1, leave out ‘7.00 pm’ and insert –
‘the time the Assembly is to adjourn’
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
(d) Motion - Amend Standing Order 10(8)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 10(8) line 3 leave out ‘a motion made by a member of the Executive Committee’ and insert -
‘a motion moved by a member of the Executive Committee’
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
(e) Motion - Amend Standing Order 12(7)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 12 leave out paragraph (7) and insert -
‘(7) Motions relating to the business of the Assembly –
(a) subject to Standing Order 10(3B)(a)(ii), shall be taken at the commencement of public business after notice; and
(b) shall be decided without amendment or debate.’
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
(f) Motion - Amend Standing Order 20(1)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 20(1)(b) line 1 leave out ‘3.00 pm’ and insert –
‘2.30 pm’
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
(g) Motion - Amend Standing Order 20(8A)
Proposed:
In Standing Order 20, after paragraph (8) insert -
‘(8A) Answers may be no longer than two minutes. Answers to supplementary questions may be no longer than one minute.’
Chairperson, Committee on Procedures
Motion - Public Accounts Committee Reports
Proposed:
That this Assembly takes note of the Public Accounts Committee Fourth Composite Report (NIA 62/09/10R) and First Thematic Report (NIA 65/09/10R).
Chairperson, Public Accounts Committee