Order Paper
Reference: OP84 - 2227
Date: 24 February 2025
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Executive Committee Business
Consideration Stage: Budget Bill (NIA Bill 10/22-27)
Minister of Finance
Consideration Stage: Child Support Enforcement Bill (NIA Bill 05/22-27)
Minister for Communities
4. Question Time
5. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Prayer of Annulment - The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (SR 2025/11) be annulled.
Miss Michelle McIlveen
Mr William Irwin
Mr Tom Buchanan
Motion: Delivering a New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland
Proposed:
That this Assembly expresses concern at the unaffordable rents, lack of long-term security and inadequate protections for tenants in Northern Ireland’s private rented sector; recognises that many private renters face a constant struggle to keep a roof over their heads, afford daily essentials, or access the basic repairs necessary to make their homes habitable and safe; and calls on the Minister for Communities to deliver a new deal for private renters, including a considered system of third-generation rent controls, a ban on no-fault evictions, legislation to make open-ended tenancies the norm for private tenants, creation of a statutory Housing Ombudsman, measures to boost the supply of affordable rental properties, and a review of minimum fitness standards and enforcement in the private rented sector.
Ms Kellie Armstrong
Ms Sian Mulholland
Mrs Michelle Guy
Mr Andrew McMurray
