OP 69-07/08

ORDER PAPER
MONDAY 30 JUNE 2008

The Assembly to sit at noon

1. PRAYERS

2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS

• Second Stage - Public Authorities (Reform) Bill (NIA 19/07)

[First Minister and deputy First Minister]

• Final Stage - Charities Bill (NIA 9/07)

[Minister for Social Development]

• Motion - Draft Children and Young Persons (Sale of Tobacco etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
• Proposed: That the Draft Children and Young Persons (Sale of Tobacco etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 be approved.

[Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety]

• Motion - Draft Smoke-Free (Exemption, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
• Proposed: That the Draft Smoke-Free (Exemption, Vehicles, Penalties and Discounted Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 be approved.

[Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety]

3. COMMITTEE BUSINESS

• Motion - Statutory Committee Membership
• Proposed: That Mr Ian Paisley Jnr replace Mr Mervyn Storey as a member of the Committee for Finance and Personnel.

[ Lord Morrow]
[Mr P Weir]

• Motion - Rising Energy Costs
• Proposed: That this Assembly notes with concern, that rising energy costs are hitting families in Northern Ireland harder than in the rest of the UK; and calls on the Executive to:

  (i) give further priority to measures to promote energy efficiency and combat fuel poverty;
  (ii) drive a coordinated energy policy to diversify our energy supplies, reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, increase competition in our energy market and harness the full potential of renewable energy;
  (iii) cooperate with other Governments, including through the British Irish Council, to develop a longer-term strategy for these islands, and;
  (iv) urge the UK Government to re-direct the windfall VAT revenue from higher energy bills to be used to mitigate the escalation of fuel poverty in Northern Ireland.

[Chairperson, Committee for Enterprise Trade and Investment] 

• Motion - Authority to Amend the Assembly Members’ Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2000
• Proposed: That this Assembly resolves that, in accordance with section 48 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Assembly Commission may make provision for the payment of pensions, gratuities or allowances to, or in respect of, any person who (a) has ceased to be a Member of the Assembly, or (b) has ceased to hold such an office as is mentioned in section 47(3)(a) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 but continues to be a Member of the Assembly.

[Mr A Maginness]
[Mr P Butler]
[Mr S Moutray]
[Rev Dr R Coulter]
[Mr S Neeson]
[Members of the Assembly Commission] 

4. QUESTION TIME

4.1 Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
4.2 Minister for Regional Development
4.3 Minister for Social Development

5. ADJOURNMENT