Order Paper
Reference: OP 110 - 17/22
Date: 06 July 2021
Indicative Timings for the Order of Business
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Executive Committee Business
Final Stage: Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Bill (NIA Bill 26/17-22)
Minister for Communities
3. Question Time
4. Committee Business
Motion: Extension of Committee Stage – Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill (NIA Bill 21/17-22)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 17 December 2021, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill.
Chairperson, Committee for Finance
Motion: Support for the Taxi Sector
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes with concern the falling number of taxi drivers in the industry and the impact this will have on post-COVID-19 economic recovery; recognises the impact that the delay in reviewing fare structures has had in exacerbating this decline; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to implement measures to address the fall in driver numbers, to expedite the review of fare structures, to work with her Executive colleagues to identify a suite of measures that can be initiated to make the sector more attractive to new entrants, and to review her decision not to issue sector-specific support to operators.
Chairperson, Committee for Infrastructure
5. Private Members' Business
Second Stage: Integrated Education Bill (NIA Bill 23/17-22)
Ms Kellie Armstrong
6. Adjournment