Order Paper
Reference: OP 126/17-22
Date: 02 November 2021
Indicative Timings for the Order of Business
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Amendment No. 16) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Proposed:
That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Amendment No. 16) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 be approved.
Minister of Health
Motion: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Amendment No. 17) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Proposed:
That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (Amendment No. 17) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 be approved.
Minister of Health
Motion: The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Proposed:
That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 be approved.
Minister of Health
3. Question Time
4. Private Members' Business
Motion: Rising Energy Costs
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the rising cost of energy; expresses concern at the effect these rising costs are having on those on low incomes; acknowledges that the increased cost of living combined with the financial pressures arising from the end of furlough and the removal of the £20 Universal Credit weekly uplift will leave many potentially unable to heat their homes this winter; and calls on the Minister of Finance, the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Communities to work together to create a means-tested winter energy emergency fund to help those in need.
Dr Steve Aiken
Mr Mike Nesbitt
Motion: Housing Crisis
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the severe impact that the housing crisis, which has made housing unaffordable for many and placed home ownership out of reach for a generation of young people, has had on people and families across Northern Ireland; notes that the average price of housing in Northern Ireland has increased by 30 per cent since 2016; further notes that the cost of renting has increased by 25 per cent since 2016 and this is having a material impact on the capacity of people to save the deposit needed to secure a home; regrets that the First Minister and deputy First Minister have yet to publish a Programme for Government with a specific housing outcome, supplemented with relevant indicators; and calls on the Minister for Communities to increase the supply of social and affordable housing in recognition that the security of a home has an immediate impact on the health and wellbeing of citizens.
Mr Mark Durkan
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Colin McGrath
Ms Cara Hunter
5. Adjournment
- Water Quality and Safety at North Down Coastal Bathing Areas
Mr Andrew Muir
