No.07/06

MINUTE OF PROCEEDINGS

MONDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2006
and
TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2006

The Assembly met at 2.00 pm, the Speaker in the Chair

1. Personal Prayer or Meditation

Members observed two minutes’ silence.

2. The Speaker’s Business

2.1 The Speaker advised Members that the Secretary of State had directed that the Assembly should sit on Monday, 11 September 2006 at 2.00 pm to consider business as it appears on the Order Paper.

2.2 The Speaker delivered rulings on Standing Order 3 (g) and on interventions.

3.1 Motion – Report on the Economic Challenges Facing Northern Ireland

Proposed: That the Assembly approves the first report from the Committee on the Preparation for Government on the economic challenges facing Northern Ireland; agrees that it should be submitted to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and, pending restoration of the Institutions, calls on the Secretary of State, the Committee on the Preparation for Government and others to take action to implement the recommendations in the report.

[Chairpersons, Committee on the Preparation for Government]

Debate ensued.

Deputy Speaker (Mr Jim Wells) in the Chair.

The Speaker in the Chair.

The Sitting was, by leave, suspended at 5.57 pm.

The Sitting resumed at 10.31 am on Tuesday, 12 September 2006.

The Speaker drew the attention of the House to the convention on references to members of other elected chambers.

Deputy Speaker (Mr Jim Wells) in the Chair.

The Speaker in the Chair.

The Sitting was, by leave, suspended at 12.28 pm.

The Sitting resumed at 2.00 pm.

Deputy Speaker (Mr Jim Wells) in the Chair.

The Speaker in the Chair.

After debate, the Question being put, the Motion wascarried without division.

4. Adjournment

4.1 Proposed: That the Assembly do now adjourn.

[The Speaker]

The Assembly adjourned at 4.16 pm.

Mrs Eileen Bell
The Speaker
12 September 2006