Marshalled List of Amendments
11 November 2025
Item 6: Order Paper 132/22-27 - Tuesday 11 November 2025
Motion: Opposition to the British Government's Mandatory Digital ID Scheme
Proposed:
That this Assembly is united in its opposition to the proposal from the British Government to introduce a mandatory digital ID for people here; expresses concern that this flawed proposal could result in the squandering of millions of pounds of public money at a time when public services are increasingly stretched; and calls for an exemption to be put in place so that citizens here are not included, if the British Government proceeds with its ill-considered digital ID scheme.
Mr Colm Gildernew
Ms Aoife Finnegan
Mr Pádraig Delargy
Miss Órlaithí Flynn
Amendment
Leave out all after 'stretched;' and insert:
'stresses that these plans would also jeopardise personal privacy and creates the potential for misuse of citizens' personal data; and calls on the Prime Minister to immediately withdraw plans for an ill-considered digital ID scheme in all parts of the United Kingdom.'
[Mr Paul Frew]
[Mr Phillip Brett]
[Mr Jonathan Buckley]
Motion: Audit and Re-imaging of Memorials
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises that people should have the right to remember the dead in a respectful, sensitive and dignified manner; acknowledges that this should also be done in a way that avoids causing pain or hurt to others; expresses concern that there are memorials on public land that were erected without lawful authority and include imagery and emblems that can be seen as marking territory and glorifying terrorism; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in partnership with other Ministers and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, to conduct an audit to assess the number of memorials on public land, to lead a programme of supporting communities to re-image these memorials by removing paramilitary imagery and emblems and references to acts of violence or events that caused pain and misery, and to develop guidance to ensure that future memorials expressly require planning permission and are displayed in accordance with agreed standards.
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Mr Stewart Dickson
Ms Kellie Armstrong
Mr Andrew McMurray
Amendment 1
Leave out all after 'in a way that' and insert:
'upholds the rule of law and avoids causing pain or hurt to others, including innocent victims; expresses concern that there are memorials on public land that were erected without lawful authority and include imagery and emblems that can be seen as marking territory and glorifying terrorism; calls on the Executive, in consultation with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, to determine the need for an audit to assess the number of memorials on public land, and to promote a consistent approach to enforcement where planning permission is not sought; and further calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister, building on work to date through the Communities in Transition programme, to support communities to re-image these memorials, including by removing paramilitary imagery and emblems and references to criminal acts of violence.'
[Mr Phillip Brett]
[Mrs Pam Cameron]
Amendment 2 (mutually exclusive to amendment 1)
Leave out all after 'glorifying terrorism;' and insert:
'calls on the Minister of Justice to acknowledge that glorifying terrorism is a crime, which retraumatises innocent victims, and to ensure the criminal justice system is configured to address this with the powers to take affirmative action; and further calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister, and all statutory agencies, to conduct and publish an audit of all harmful and illegal memorials glorifying terrorism, give support to the Minister of Justice in delivering a criminal justice response to illegal imagery and memorials glorifying terrorism, give further support to the Minister for Infrastructure for the removal of illegal memorials which contravene planning permission, align with the Minister for Communities to lead a programme to support communities to re-image these memorials by removing all imagery and emblems that glorify terrorism and reference acts of violence or events that caused pain and misery, and to develop guidance to ensure that memorials glorifying terrorism are not erected in the future.'
[Mr Doug Beattie]
[Mr Alan Chambers]
[Mr Jon Burrows]
[Mr Robbie Butler]
