Order Paper
Date: 03 November 2025
Indicative Timings for Order of Business.
Marshalled List of Amendments.
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members' Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Appointment of the Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards
Proposed:
That this Assembly, in accordance with Section 19(1) of the Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, appoints Stephen Wright as the Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards.
Assembly Commission
4. Question Time
5.Private Members' Business
Motion: Cervical Screening Scandal Inquiry
Proposed:
That this Assembly expresses concern at the lack of transparency, delay and slow pace of the investigations and reviews into both individual patients and the overall cervical screening scandal by the Department of Health and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust; recognises the steps taken by the Department of Health and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust regarding the recall of women for cervical screening; pays tribute to the Ladies with Letters campaigners who have fought hard for transparency in the issues that led to the underperformance of screeners and the recall of the slides of 17,500 women in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust area; acknowledges that, for some patients, the review was too late and lives were affected by this failure; and calls on the Minister of Health to establish a statutory public inquiry in order to uncover the full truth, establish accountability and ensure that such failures never arise again.
Miss Nuala McAllister
Mr Danny Donnelly
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Mrs Michelle Guy
Motion: Delivery of a Childcare Strategy
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises that the commitment to delivering more affordable, accessible, high-quality early learning and childcare is an immediate priority within the Executive's Programme for Government and that the Executive has provided £80 million towards childcare support measures during the last two financial years; further recognises that many families continue to struggle with the cost of childcare alongside their other bills; acknowledges the challenges facing the childcare sector in terms of recruitment and retention; regrets the delays by the Minister of Education in bringing forward the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy; calls on the Minister of Education to commit to publishing the long-awaited Early Learning and Childcare Strategy by the end of 2025; and further calls on the Minister to commit to a Strategy that delivers high-quality, affordable childcare that meets the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs, physical disabilities, children in Irish-medium education, and those for whom English is not a first language.
Mrs Cathy Mason
Ms Emma Sheerin
Miss Áine Murphy
Mr Pat Sheehan
