Marshalled List of Amendments - 20 April 2015

16 APRIL 2015

Private Members’ Business – Motions

Item 5: Order Paper 271/11-16 –  20 April 2015

Motion: Fuel Laundering

That this Assembly expresses its concern at the continuing high levels of fuel laundering, the organised criminal activity surrounding it and the evident lack of criminal prosecutions; notes the environmental damage caused to the countryside; recognises the financial losses suffered by both Her Majesty's Treasury and legitimate fuel operators and the consequential serious implications for the local economy; and calls on the Minister of Justice to ensure action is taken at every operational level to secure greater numbers of prosecutions for this serious crime.

[Mr J Bell]
[Mr A Ross]
[Mr J Craig]
[Lord Morrow] 

The Speaker has selected the following Amendment for debate:

Amendment 1

Proposed: Insert after ‘economy;’:

‘further notes that legislation extending the role of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland has completed its passage at Westminster and that the National Crime Agency must now demonstrate that it will deploy its full powers and resources against any and all persons or organisations involved in fuel laundering and other organised crime;’

[Mr A Maginness]
[Mr A Attwood]
[Mr P McGlone]