No.08/06

MINUTE OF PROCEEDINGS

TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2006
and
WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2006

The Assembly met at 10.30 am, 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 Tuesday, 19 September 2006 at 10.30 am to consider business as it appears on the Order Paper.

3. Committee Business

3.1 Motion – Report on Law and Order Issues

Proposed: That the Assembly approves the second report from the Committee on the Preparation for Government, on Law and Order Issues; 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 and others to address those matters identified in the report as requiring resolution or further discussion.

[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 12.23 pm.

The Sitting resumed at 2.00 pm.

Deputy Speaker (Mr Jim Wells) in the Chair.

The Speaker in the Chair.

The Sitting was, by leave, suspended at 4.08 pm.

The Sitting resumed at 10.30 am on Wednesday, 20 September 2006.

The Sitting was, by leave, suspended at 12.29 pm.

The Sitting resumed at 2.00 pm.

The Speaker drew the attention of the House to the convention on Members’ opportunities to reply to accusations made against them, and advised that guidance would be prepared for Members on maiden speeches.

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 3.02 pm.

Mrs Eileen Bell
The Speaker
20 September 2006