Order Paper

Reference: OP 90/17-22

Date: 20 April 2021

Marshalled List of Amendments

Indicative Timings for the Order of Business

 

The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.

1. Prayers

 

2. Question Time

2.1 Finance

 

3. Private Members' Business

Motion: Conversion Therapy

Proposed:

That this Assembly rejects the harmful practice widely referred to as conversion therapy; notes that the UK Government National LGBT Survey in 2018 reported that 2% of respondents had undergone conversion therapy with a further 5% having been offered it; acknowledges the damage this practice causes to the mental health of those who are subjected to it; further acknowledges that this practice has been widely rejected by medical professionals; declares that it is fundamentally wrong to view our LGBTQ community as requiring a fix or cure; and calls on the Minister for Communities to commit to bringing forward legislation before the end of the current Assembly mandate to ban conversion therapy in all its forms.

Mr Doug Beattie
Mr John Stewart

 

Motion: Putting Cancer Services at the Centre of the COVID-19 Recovery

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the serious and negative impact of COVID-19 on cancer diagnosis, treatment and surgery across Northern Ireland; notes with deep concern that during the pandemic, tests, treatments and clinical trials have been disrupted or cancelled, with many patients not accessing help for possible cancer symptoms; highlights in this context the need to place the restoration of patient-centred and high-quality cancer services at the heart of the recovery from COVID-19; endorses the statement by 47 cancer charities, under One Cancer Voice, which seeks to plot a course out of the pandemic towards world-leading cancer services; stresses the need to direct resources to clear the cancer backlog as quickly as possible, drive faster and earlier diagnosis and encourage people with signs and symptoms of cancer to seek help; and calls on the Minister of Health to publish urgently an ambitious and fully-funded roadmap for restoring and enhancing local cancer services.

Mrs Pam Cameron
Mr Jonathan Buckley

 

4. Adjournment

  • Progress of the A5 Dual Carriageway

Mr Declan McAleer