Proposed: In Standing Order 52, delete all and insert:

"52. SUB COMMITTEES

(1) Each Committee ("the parent Committee"), in the discharge of its functions, may establish sub-Committees.

(2) Unless with the approval of the Business Committee and the Assembly, a parent Committee shall establish no more than one sub-Committee to operate at any one time.

(3) A sub-Committee shall be appointed to consider specific, time-bounded matters within the terms of reference set by the parent Committee and shall:

(a) report only to that Committee; and
(b) stand dissolved on disposal of those matters.

(4) A sub-Committee shall not take any decision on behalf of the parent Committee.

(5) A parent Committee may appoint a member to be the Convenor of a sub-Committee.

(6) Each sub-Committee shall, in as far as is practicable, reflect the party strengths in the Assembly.

(7) The quorum of a sub-Committee shall be determined by the parent Committee.

(8) The proceedings of a sub-Committee shall be such as the parent Committee shall determine."

Proposed: That this Assembly takes note of the Report from the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development on its Inquiry into the Livestock and Meat Commission (1/01R).

Proposed: That this Assembly believes that the 'Threshold Assessment (Northern Ireland)' does not provide equality for all members of the teaching profession.

Proposed: That this Assembly, realising the full extent of international terrorism, resolves that the Executive should re-double its efforts to safeguard existing industries in Northern Ireland and give maximum support to agencies responsible for the generation of new national and international investment.