Order Paper
Date: 19 November 2024
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The draft Electrical Safety Standards for Private Tenancies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Proposed:
That the draft Electrical Safety Standards for Private Tenancies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.
Minister for Communities
4. Question Time
5. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Addressing the Problem of Bovine TB
Proposed:
That this Assembly acknowledges that bovine TB (bTB) remains a serious threat to farming and recognises the significant impact it has on farmers; affirms the importance of agriculture and food production to our economy and society; notes the work of the TB Eradication Partnership and their efforts to address bTB; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to urgently bring forward a comprehensive and holistic bTB strategy, with a focus on specific science-based strategies proven to reduce bTB.
Mr Declan McAleer
Miss Áine Murphy
Miss Nicola Brogan
Motion: Protecting Farming Families Following the Autumn Budget 2024
Proposed:
That this Assembly condemns the failure by the UK Government to prioritise farming families and the rural economy as part of the Autumn Budget 2024; notes with deep concern the decisions to introduce new thresholds for Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief, which will jeopardise succession planning on farms, create barriers for new entrants to agriculture and discourage investment in many farm businesses; further notes that these policies undermine the aim of increasing food security and promoting more sustainable and efficient farming practices; is equally alarmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has opted not to ring-fence farm support budgets or uplift levels of funding in line with inflation; calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to bring forward proposals to mitigate the impact of these damaging policies on local farms, as well as avoid significant increases in food prices; and further calls on the Minister to work with the Minister of Finance to deliver an early and concrete commitment to farming families that current levels of financial support will not only be maintained but increased in the next financial year.
Miss Michelle McIlveen
Mr William Irwin
Mr Tom Buchanan
6. Adjournment
- Special Educational Needs Provision in North Antrim
Mr Colin Crawford
Statements by Ministers may also be taken at any time subject to the Speaker’s approval.
Notice of Statements will appear on the Annunciator.
