Marshalled List of Amendments - 15 November 2016

Private Members’ Business

Item 3: Order Paper 29/16-21 – Tuesday 15 November 2016

Motion: Nurture Provision

That this Assembly welcomes the report by the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation at Queen’s University, Belfast, entitled The impact and cost-effectiveness of Nurture Groups in Primary Schools in Northern Ireland; welcomes the commitment of the Minister of Education to continuing to fund the thirty-two nurture units across Northern Ireland; and calls on the Minister of Education to examine potential options to mainstream nurture provision within the current education budget.

[Lord Morrow]
[Mr D Hilditch]
[Ms C Lockhart]
[Mr P Logan] 

The Speaker has selected the following Amendments for debate:

Amendment 1

Leave out all after the second ‘Northern Ireland;’ and insert:

‘recognises the role effective early years’ interventions can play in reducing the need for Nurture Units; and calls on the Minister of Education to examine potential options to develop a universal early years education provision.’

[Mr S Agnew]

Amendment 2

Leave out all after the second ‘Northern Ireland;’ and insert:

‘and, as recommended in the report by Queen’s University, calls on the Minister of Education to ensure that a sustainable funding model is put in place for the longer term viability of nurture group provision, to plan the further expansion of nurture provision in each primary school sector targeted in the areas of greatest need, to develop appropriate training for staff and to conduct research into models for the delivery of nurture provision.’

[Mr C McGrath]
[Mr M Durkan]
[Mr A Attwood]