Order Paper

1. Prayers

2. Members’ Statements

3. Assembly Business

Motion: Committee Membership

Proposed:

That Mr Colin Crawford replace Mr Robbie Butler as a member of the Committee for Education; that Ms Diana Armstrong replace Mr Colin Crawford as a member of the Committee for the Economy; that Mr Andy Allen replace Mr Robbie Butler as a member of the Business Committee; and that Mr John Stewart be appointed as a member of the Business Committee.

Mr John Stewart

Mr Robbie Butler

Motion: Appointment to the Assembly Commission

Proposed:

That, in accordance with Standing Order 79(4), Mr Andy Allen be appointed to fill a vacancy on the Assembly Commission.

Mr John Stewart

Mr Robbie Butler

4. Question Time

4.1 The Executive Office

4.2 Communities

5. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Draft Programme for Government

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the absence of clear and measurable objectives in the draft Programme for Government; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to work with their Executive colleagues to introduce specific measurable and timebound targets, including but not limited to waiting times, child poverty, childcare costs, biodiversity loss, social housing, water and waste water infrastructure before the draft Programme for Government can be approved.

Mr Colin McGrath

Mr Mark Durkan

Ms Sinéad McLaughlin

Mr Daniel McCrossan

Motion: Farmers' Basic Payment Scheme

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the significant investment in rural communities and businesses, and the wider economy derived from the Single Farm Payment under the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); agrees that CAP Single Farm Payments were critical to supporting farms to be financially viable and more environmentally sustainable, particularly small family farms; is concerned with the significant uncertainty facing our farming community with the loss of CAP Single Farm Payments as a result of Brexit and the end of the replacement Basic Payment Scheme worth £300m a year, beyond 2024; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to urgently press the British Government to set out what replacement funds will be put in place to support our farmers and the wider agricultural sector.

Mr Declan McAleer

Miss Áine Murphy

Miss Nicola Brogan

6. Adjournment

Statements by Ministers may also be taken at any time subject to the Speaker’s approval. Notice of Statements will appear on the Annunciator.