Order Paper
Reference: OP 20/22-27
Date: 19 March 2024
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Proposed:
That the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be affirmed.
Minister for Communities
Motion: The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Proposed:
That the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 be affirmed.
Minister for Communities
Motion: The draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Coronavirus and Influenza) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Proposed:
That the draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Coronavirus and Influenza) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.
Minister of Health
Motion: The Parental Bereavement Leave (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
Proposed:
That the Parental Bereavement Leave (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 be approved.
Minister for the Economy
Motion: The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
Proposed:
That the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 be approved.
Minister for the Economy
Motion: The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
Proposed:
That the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 be approved.
Minister for the Economy
4. Question Time
5. Private Members’ Business
Applicability Motion: Regulation (EU) 2023/2411
Proposed:
That Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753 should be added to the Windsor Framework by the United Kingdom and the European Union within the Joint Committee in accordance with Article 13(4) of that Framework.
Mr Trevor Clarke
Mr David Brooks
Ms Joanne Bunting
Mr Jonathan Buckley
Motion: End Holiday Hunger
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the high levels of child poverty and the increasing costs associated with sending children and young people to school; further recognises that the rising cost of food is putting many families under huge financial pressure; acknowledges the importance of children and young people receiving a nutritious meal and the role that plays in their learning and development; agrees that the cut to the School Holiday Food Grant scheme has had the most impact on disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people; and calls on the Minister of Education to bring forward a plan to end holiday hunger.
Mr Pat Sheehan
Mrs Cathy Mason
Mr Danny Baker
Motion: Setting Ambitious Targets for Job Creation
Proposed:
That this Assembly supports an innovative and inclusive economy which provides opportunities for all; highlights the need to create more and better jobs across the skills spectrum; supports, in particular, growing key sectors such as digital, agri-tech, advanced manufacturing, life and health sciences and fintech; is clear that the benefits of new employment must encompass rural communities as well as our towns and cities; stresses the importance of understanding and addressing the needs of businesses and employers; and calls on the Minister for the Economy to set ambitious targets to grow the Northern Ireland economy in this Assembly term, including through creating 5,000 new tech jobs.
Mr Phillip Brett
Mr Gary Middleton
Mr Jonathan Buckley
6. Adjournment
- Craigavon City Park and Lakes should be designated as a Local Nature Reserve or a Fields in Trust.
Mr Doug Beattie
