Order Paper
Reference: OP 45/22-27
Date: 08 August 2024
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Opposition to Racism
Proposed:
That this Assembly condemns the criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days; rejects all forms of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism; endorses the work of voluntary sector organisations combatting racism and supporting those impacted by it; recognises the work of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other public sector bodies protecting our communities during the recent unrest; calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to finalise the draft Refugee Integration Strategy and associated Thematic Delivery Plan and present it to the Executive; and further calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to bring forward the renewed Race Relations Order, and set out the process of replacing the Racial Equality Strategy 2015-2025 by the end of 2024.
Mrs Naomi Long
Mr Matthew O’Toole
Miss Deirdre Hargey
Mr Doug Beattie
Ms Claire Sugden