Order Paper
Date: 13 October 2025
Indicative timings for order of business
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members' Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)
Proposed:
That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 13 October 2025.
Business Committee
4. Executive Committee Business
Final Stage: School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill (NIA Bill 12/22-27)
Minister of Education
Motion: The Executive Committee's Legislation Programme 2025-2026
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes the Executive Committee's Legislation Programme for the 2025-26 session of the Assembly, published in the written ministerial statement on 3 October 2025.
The Executive Office
5. Question Time
5.2 Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
6. Committee Business
Motion: Extension of Committee Stage - Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill (NIA 17/22-27)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 3 July 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill. Chairperson,
Committee for Infrastructure
7. Private Members' Business
Motion: Replacing Irish Language Street Signage Policy in Belfast
Proposed:
That this Assembly deplores that, since 2022, only 12 per cent of applications for Irish language street signs approved by Belfast City Council commanded the majority support of residents living there, according to recent media reports; contends that with the wishes of the minority trumping the view of the majority in almost nine out of ten cases, this policy is undemocratic and oppressive; is alarmed that in a number of cases residents have been surveyed repeatedly in an attempt to garner the necessary support; condemns the marking of territory in this way, as well as the imposition of minority rule on residents from all backgrounds and traditions; and calls on Belfast City Council to urgently review, and replace, its policy that Irish language street signs can be imposed upon communities with just 15 per cent support.
Mr Phillip Brett
Mr Brian Kingston
Mr David Brooks
