Order Paper

• Indicative timings for the order of business
• Marshalled List of Amendments from 25 April 2024
• Questions for Urgent Oral Answer

The Assembly to sit at noon.

1. Prayers

2. Members’ Statements

3. Executive Committee Business

Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)

Proposed:

That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 29 April 2024.

The Executive Office

Applicability Motion: Regulation (EU) 2023/2419

Proposed:

That Regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the labelling of organic pet food should be added to the Windsor Framework by the United Kingdom and the European Union within the Joint Committee in Accordance with Article 13(4) of that Framework.

The Executive Office

Further Consideration Stage: Hospital Parking Charges Bill (NIA Bill 02/22-27)

Minister of Health

Motion: The draft Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Proposed:

That the draft Period Products (the Department for the Economy Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.

Minister for the Economy

Motion: The draft Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

Proposed:

That the draft Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.

Minister of Justice

Motion: The draft Period Products (Department of Justice Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Proposed:

That the draft Period Products (Department of Justice Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.

Minister of Justice

4. Question Time

4.1 The Executive Office

4.2 Economy

5. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Loneliness Strategy

Proposed:

That this Assembly notes the high prevalence of loneliness in Northern Ireland with almost one in five people feeling lonely at least some of the time and one in twenty identified as chronically lonely; further notes the severe social and economic impact of chronic loneliness, including on people’s physical and mental health, such as increased risks of developing heart disease and depression; recognises the urgent need to address loneliness among people of all ages and backgrounds; calls on the Executive to support the development of a cross-departmental loneliness strategy to tackle this issue on a long-term basis; and further calls on the Executive Office to lead on the development of a cross-departmental loneliness strategy.

Mr Robbie Butler
Mr John Stewart
Mr Doug Beattie

Motion: Ban Petroleum Licensing and Fracking

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises that tackling climate change is a global priority and, to be successful, must be grounded on the principles of fairness and a just transition away from fossil fuel dependency towards a fairer and greener society powered by renewable energy; further recognises that we need to develop solar, tidal, onshore and offshore wind resources across the island of Ireland and off our coast; believes that a move towards renewable energy with a diversity of sources can increase energy security by reducing reliance on fossil fuel imports which are more susceptible to international markets; acknowledges the deep concerns communities have about the environmental and public health risks associated with practices such as hydraulic fracturing; and calls on the Minister for the Economy, as an important first step in moving away from fossil fuel dependency, to introduce a ban on petroleum licensing, drilling, and extraction.

Mr Philip McGuigan
Ms Nicola Brogan
Mr Pádraig Delargy
Miss Áine Murphy

6. Adjournment

Statements by Ministers may also be taken at any time subject to the Speaker’s approval.