Order Paper
Date: 07 February 2022
Indicative Timings for the Order of Business
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)
Proposed:
That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 7 February 2022.
Mr John O’Dowd
Ms Joanne Bunting
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Robbie Butler
Mr Andrew Muir
Ms Clare Bailey
Motion: Suspension of Standing Order 62
Proposed:
That, unless the Assembly previously resolves, Standing Order 62 be suspended to the end of the 2017-22 mandate.
Mr John O’Dowd
Ms Joanne Bunting
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Robbie Butler
Mr Andrew Muir
Ms Clare Bailey
Motion: Suspension of Standing Order 20(1)
Proposed:
That Standing Order 20(1) be suspended for 7 February 2022.
Mr John O’Dowd
Ms Joanne Bunting
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Robbie Butler
Mr Andrew Muir
Ms Clare Bailey
4. Executive Committee Business
Final Stage: Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill (NIA Bill 22/17-22)
Minister for the Economy
Final Stage: Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill (NIA Bill 44/17-22)
Minister of Finance
Further Consideration Stage: Protection from Stalking Bill (NIA Bill 14/17-22)
Minister of Justice
Motion: The draft Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Proposed:
That the draft Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 be approved.
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Consideration Stage: Climate Change (No. 2) Bill (NIA Bill 28/17-22)
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
5. Question Time
6. Committee Business
Motion: Support for the innovative measures to eliminate DVA Backlogs
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the difficulties and disruption caused to all public-facing services, including the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA), as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic; further recognises the unnecessary costs that can be faced by individuals and businesses as a result of preventable delays in the provision of driver and vehicle testing services by the DVA, including driver testing and retesting, and the reduced number of vehicles being tested when compared to pre-pandemic levels; acknowledges the work done to date by the Minister for Infrastructure and the Department to restore services; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to put in place creative and innovative measures to eliminate unnecessary and preventable delays in the delivery of services by the DVA, in order to reduce costs and uncertainty to individuals and businesses.
Chairperson, Committee for Infrastructure
