Order Paper
Date: 23 June 2025
Indicative timings for order of business
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025
Proposed:
That the draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025 be approved.
Minister of Health
Legislative Consent Motion: Crime and Policing Bill
Proposed:
That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions of the Crime and Policing Bill, as introduced in the House of Commons on 25 February 2025, dealing with: an offence of cuckooing (contained in Part 4 Clauses 32 to 34 and 35(2), (3) and (4)(c) and Part 3 of Schedule 5); an updated offence to deal with advice or guidance on creating child sexual abuse material (contained in Part 5 Clause 37); management of sex offenders (contained in Part 5 Clauses 59, 61 to 63, 65, 66(1), 67 and 68 and Schedule 9); administrating etc harmful substances (including by spiking) (contained in Part 7 Clause 73); encouraging or assisting serious self-harm (contained in Part 7 Clauses 74 and 75); electronic devices for use in vehicle offences (contained in Part 8 Clauses 78 and 79); proceeds of crime relating to confiscation (contained in Part 11 Clause 102(2) and Schedule 15); proceeds of civil recovery: costs and expenses (contained in Part 11 Clause 103); international law enforcement data sharing agreements (contained in Part 15 Clauses 127, 128 and 129); and criminal liability of bodies and partnerships (contained in Part 15 Clause 130).
Minister of Justice
Legislative Consent Motion: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Proposed:
That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, as amended in the House of Commons on 19th March 2025, dealing with sharing of information (sharing of trailer data by DVLA) (contained in Part 1, Clauses 30 to 33); offences relating to articles for use in serious crime (contained in Part 3, Clause 45-47); breach of an Interim Serious Crime Preventions Order in non-terrorist cases (contained in Part 3, Clause 49); and validation of fees charged in relation to qualifications (Clause 53) (in respect of the Department of Education’s (England) UK ENIC services insofar as they relate to education) of the Bill.
Minister of Justice
4. Question Time
5. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Improving Sentencing Practices in Northern Ireland
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the independence and vital role of the Northern Ireland judiciary and acknowledges the complex nature of the cases that come before the courts; supports the requirement for all judges to take part in ongoing personal and professional development, as directed by the Lady Chief Justice; expresses deep concern at the lenient sentences handed down in some of the most serious cases, including those involving sexual offences; further recognises the lasting harm such sentences can cause to victims and the damage they do to public confidence in the justice system; is alarmed by recent figures showing that nearly 80 per cent of prisoners in Northern Ireland are repeat offenders, highlighting the urgent need for sentencing policy to do more to deter reoffending and protect the public; believes that sentencing should reflect the seriousness of such crimes and meet the expectations of victims and wider society; calls on the Minister of Justice to take urgent and proactive steps to address these concerns, including launching a public consultation on the establishment of a Sentencing Council for Northern Ireland to support greater consistency, transparency and robustness in sentencing; and further calls on the Minister to ensure that, in all relevant cases, victims are provided with written copies of sentencing remarks, at no cost and without delay.
Mr Doug Beattie
Mr Robbie Butler
Ms Diana Armstrong
Mr Andy Allen
