Proposed: In Standing Order 25(1)(a) line 2 delete "or Standing Order 72 provides" and insert "or Standing Orders provide".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 25(1) line 12 and line 13 delete "Such decisions shall require cross-community support" and insert:

"Such decisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) shall require cross-community support within the meaning of Section 4(5) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 29(d) delete all and insert:

"(d) Further Consideration Stage: an opportunity for Members to consider and vote on amendments proposed to the Bill."

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 31(3) line 3 delete "calendar days" and insert "working days".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 31(5) line 1 delete "of thirty days".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed:In Standing Order 33(5) line 8 after "thirty" insert "working".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 33(7) line 7 after "thirty" insert "working".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 33(14) line 1 and line 3 delete "Further".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 33(15) line 1 delete "Further".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 33(16) line 2 delete "Further".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 33(16) line 3 delete "Final Stage" and insert "Further Consideration Stage".

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 33 after paragraph (16) insert:

"(17) If such a motion is agreed to after the Further Consideration Stage of the Bill has begun but before that stage has been completed, the Further Consideration Stage shall be adjourned until an Ad Hoc Committee on Conformity with Equality Requirements reports to the Assembly.

(18) On resuming an adjourned Further Consideration Stage, the Assembly may, instead of considering the remaining amendments in the order in which the relevant clauses or schedules stand in the Bill, on a motion moved by the Member in charge of the Bill decide to consider them in a different order, and to consider again and amend, provisions of the Bill which have already been agreed, and to consider new clauses and schedules even if the time for considering them has passed.

(19) If such a motion is agreed to after the end of the Further Consideration Stage of a Bill, no date shall be determined for the Final Stage of the Bill until an Ad Hoc Committee on Conformity with Equality Requirements reports to the Assembly."

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 35 delete all and insert:

"35. PUBLIC BILLS: FURTHER CONSIDERATION STAGE

(1) Any amendments proposed to be made to a Bill at Further Consideration Stage shall be deposited with the Clerk in time for inclusion on a Notice Paper circulated on a day before the day appointed for the Further Consideration Stage, and shall be arranged in the order in which the Bill is to be considered; provided, however, that at the discretion of the Speaker, amendments may be moved in very exceptional circumstances without such notice.

(2) During proceedings at Further Consideration Stage, debate and vote shall be confined to those amendments which have been selected. The amendments shall be considered in the order in which the relevant clauses or schedules stand in the Bill.

(3) Any amendments selected which relate to the long title shall be considered after those relating to the clauses and schedules of the Bill.

(4) Members may speak more than once in debate during the Further Consideration Stage.

(5) At the conclusion of the debate on the Further Consideration Stage the Bill shall stand referred to the Speaker."

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 40(1) delete all and insert:

"(1) There shall be a minimum interval of five working days between each stage of a Bill, save in the following cases:

(a) between Second Stage and Committee Stage; and

(b) where a Bill is subject to the accelerated passage procedure in accordance with paragraph (2) or (4)."

Motion - Amend Standing Orders

Proposed: In Standing Order 40(3) delete all and insert:

"(3) Where, exceptionally, a Bill (other than a Budget Bill) is thought to require accelerated passage, which shall exclude any Committee Stage, the Member in charge of the Bill shall, before introduction of the Bill in the Assembly, explain to the appropriate Committee:

(a) the reason or reasons for accelerated passage;

(b) the consequences of accelerated passage not being granted; and, if appropriate,

(c) any steps he/she has taken to minimise the future use of the accelerated passage procedure.

(4) Before Second Stage the Member in charge of the Bill shall move a motion "That the .. Bill proceed under the accelerated passage procedure".

In moving the motion the Member shall explain to the Assembly:

(a) the reason or reasons for accelerated passage;

(b) the consequences of accelerated passage not being granted; and, if appropriate,

(c) any steps he/she has taken to minimise the future use of the accelerated passage procedure.

A motion under this Standing Order shall require cross-community support within the meaning of Section 4(5) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998."

Proposed: That this Assembly calls upon the Minister and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to set up urgently a separate funding network for the provision of matching funds for items and/or projects identified by local groups commonly known as "Friends of Hospitals".

Motion - Screening System for Early Diagnosis of Autism

Proposed: That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to introduce a screening system for all pre-school children to assist in the early diagnosis of autism and to make adequate provision for the needs of autistic children.

Motion - The Burns Report

Proposed: That this Assembly notes the publication of the Burns report on 24 October 2001 on the review of post-primary education.

Motion - Recycling of Waste

Proposed: That this Assembly calls for the immediate establishment of an effective recycling agency to assess, develop and promote all aspects of the recycling of waste from industrial, commercial and domestic sources in Northern Ireland.