Indicative timings for order of business

ITEM OF BUSINESS

(MONDAY)

MEMBER

TIME ALLOCATED BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE

ANTICIPATED TIME

Prayers

The Speaker

12.00 – 12.02

MATTERS OF THE DAY

Further revelations about inappropriate behaviour by Jeffrey Donaldson and failures to address these

Miss Deirdre Hargey

Up to 30 mins

12.02 – 12.30

MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS

Up to 30 mins

12.30 – 1.00

PUBLIC PETITION

Save Our Trees

Mr Alan Chambers

Up to 3 mins

1.00 – 1.03

ASSEMBLY BUSINESS

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

Business Committee

1.03 – 1.05

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS

Consultation on the Business Growth Accelerator and Vacant Rating Reform

Minister of Finance

Up to 1 hour

1.05 – 1.40

North South Ministerial Council in Special EU Programmes Sectoral Format

Minister of Finance

Up to 1 hour

1.40 – 2.00

QUESTION TIME

1. Health

2. Infrastructure

2.00 – 3.30

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

North South Ministerial Council Inland Waterways Sectoral Format Meeting

Minister for Infrastructure

Up to 1 hour

3.30 – 3.50

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Motion: The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister for the Economy

*

3.50 – 4.10

Motion: The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Employment and Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister for the Economy

*

4.10 – 4.15

Motion: The draft Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

*

4.15 – 4.35

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Motion: Repeal of Standing Order 70 and Consequential Amendments

Chairperson, Committee on Procedures

Up to 1 hour

4.35 – 5.35

Motion: New Standing Order

Chairperson, Committee on Procedures

Up to 1 hour

5.35 – 6.35

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

First Stage: Tree Protection Bill

Mr Peter McReynolds

*

6.35 – 6.36

ADJOURNMENT

The Speaker

6.36