Order Paper
Date: 16 March 2026
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 16 March 2026.
Business Committee
4. Executive Committee Business
Second Stage: Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill (NIA Bill 26/22-27)
Minister of Justice
Legislative Consent Motion: Crime and Policing Bill
Proposed:
That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions of the Crime and Policing Bill, introduced as amendments in the House of Lords, dealing with powers to strengthen age verification requirements for on-line sale and delivery of knives and crossbows.
Minister of Justice
5. Question Time
6. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Women’s Health Strategy
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the significant and well-documented disparities in women’s health outcomes and access to services in Northern Ireland; notes with concern the prolonged waiting times in women’s health service provision and the absence of a comprehensive, life course approach to women’s health; further notes that, unlike Northern Ireland, other jurisdictions including England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have adopted dedicated Women’s Health Strategies and Women’s Health Action Plans; acknowledges the work previously announced by the Department of Health on a Women’s Health Action Plan; expresses concern at the lack of publicly reported progress, outcomes or measurable targets arising from that work; calls on the Minister of Health to provide a detailed update to the Assembly on the status, funding and implementation of the Action Plan and to bring forward, within 12 months, a fully costed and time-bound Women’s Health Strategy, developed in consultation with key stakeholders; and further calls on the Minister to commission a review of primary care arrangements, to ensure women’s health is explicitly embedded and resourced across the life course, and to publish an assessment of how current women’s health service provision complies with statutory equality duties, including Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Ms Claire Sugden
Motion: Illegal US and Israeli Attacks on Iran
Proposed:
That this Assembly stands firmly behind international law and condemns the illegal US and Israeli attacks on Iran as a violation of the United Nations Charter and international law; further condemns the human rights violations, lack of democracy and breaches of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Iran; regrets that many civilians have and will die as a result of these reckless attacks; is deeply concerned that Irish and British citizens living, working and on holiday in the region have been put in danger; recognises the huge economic damage that will be felt in the Middle East and the economic shock that will also be felt across the globe; further recognises the direct impact of fuel and energy price rises here, which will impact workers and families already struggling with the cost of living; calls for an immediate end to the conflict; and further calls for the recommencement of urgent negotiations towards a peaceful diplomatic resolution, in line with international law and which respects the right of the people of Iran to self-determination.
Mr Declan Kearney
Miss Deirdre Hargey
Mr Pat Sheehan
Ms Emma Sheerin
