Order Paper

Date: 05 October 2021

The Assembly to sit at 10.30am

Indicative Timings for the Order of Business

1. Prayers

2. Public Petition

Stop the Badger Cull

Mr John Blair

3. Executive Committee Business

Second Stage: Adoption and Children Bill (NIA Bill 37/17-22)

Minister of Health

Motion: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Amendment No. 15) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Proposed:

That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Amendment No. 15) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 be approved.

Minister of Health

Motion: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Proposed:

That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 be approved.

Minister of Health

4. Question Time

4.1 Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

4.2 Justice

5. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Crisis in Wastewater and Sewerage Capacity

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses concern at the deepening crisis in Northern Ireland’s wastewater and sewerage infrastructure; notes the Department for Infrastructure’s Living with Water Programme in Belfast; highlights the importance of adequate capacity in other parts of Northern Ireland to prevent delays to housebuilding and capital investment in critical facilities such as schools, public offices and factories; notes that addressing the weaknesses of current provision in all areas will be essential to maximising our whole region’s economic potential, including through city deals and other key levers; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to bring forward a new strategy to enhance and expand Northern Ireland’s water and sewerage infrastructure, with a particular focus on ending regional inequalities.

Mr Jonathan Buckley
Mr David Hilditch
Mr George Robinson