Marshalled List of Amendments

19 SEPTEMBER 2014

Private Members’ Business – Motions

Item 3: Order Paper 227/11-16 – 23 September 2014

Motion: Welfare Cuts

That this Assembly notes with deep concern the disastrous impact of welfare cuts in Britain, particularly on the most vulnerable in society including families on low income, those with disabilities and those who are unemployed; asserts that a modern, caring society should place the protection of its most vulnerable citizens at the very top of its agenda; and calls on the Executive to oppose this Tory cuts agenda.

[Mr A Maskey]
[Mr M Brady]
[Mr F McCann]

Amendment 1

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘notes’ and insert:

‘the negative impact of elements of the current Welfare Reform agenda in Great Britain; welcomes the proposed package developed by the Minister for Social Development in conjunction with the First Minister and deputy First Minister in the summer of 2013, which will mitigate the most negative elements of Welfare Reform; and calls for the implementation of this revised and improved Welfare Reform package for Northern Ireland to avoid the unsustainable cost of opting out of Welfare Reform, which will impact on public services, the most vulnerable in society, including families on low income, people with disabilities, people who are unemployed and the thousands of public servants who will face unemployment.’

[Ms P Bradley]
[Mr T Clarke]
[Mr G Campbell]
[Mr S Wilson]