Order Paper

1.   Prayers

2.   Members’ Statements

3.   Public Petition

Stop the Nutrients Action Programme

Miss Michelle McIlveen

4.   Assembly Business

Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)

Proposed:

That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 30 June 2025.

Business Committee

Motion: Committee Membership

Proposed:

That Mr David Brooks replace Ms Cheryl Brownlee as a member of the Committee for Education.

Mr Trevor Clarke
Mr David Brooks
Mr Harry Harvey

5.   Executive Committee Business

Final Stage: Agriculture Bill (NIA Bill 08/22-27)

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Second Stage: Adult Protection Bill (NIA Bill 16/22-27)

Minister of Health

         
Legislative Consent Motion: Rare Cancers Bill

Proposed:

That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of Clause 1 to the Rare Cancers Bill, as introduced, to provide for a mandated requirement on the Secretary of State for Health to conduct a review of the law on marketing authorisations for orphan medicinal products and how regulations incentivise research and development into medicinal products for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of rare cancers in the UK.

Minister of Health

Motion: Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

Proposed:

That this Assembly notes the successful passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025; and further notes the relevant provisions of the Act dealing with Smart Data, the National Underground Asset Register and the amendment of Section 35 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 insofar as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Assembly.

Minister of Finance

6.   Question Time

6.1     Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

6.2     Communities

7.   Committee Business

Motion: Restrictive Practices in Educational Settings

Proposed:

That this Assembly acknowledges the painful, ongoing debate and campaign for minimisation, if not eradication, of restrictive practices in schools and other education settings; applauds parents for bringing this subject to the awareness of the Assembly and the public; commends the efforts of the Department of Education, Department of Health and partners in working to establish guidance for use in both health and education settings; calls on the Minister of Education to commit to guidance and training that is non-discriminatory, person-centred and in the best interests of the child, namely from a human rights perspective; further calls on the Minister to repeal Article 4(1)(c) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, and make other appropriate legislative changes, to respond compassionately to the difficult circumstances which can arise due to pupils’ challenging behaviours; calls on the Minister to undertake data gathering and monitoring and to review the special school and wider school estate to address the environmental factors which exacerbate distressed and dysregulated behaviours by pupils; and further calls on the Minister to commission an update to the 2013 Education and Training Inspectorate report on persistent and challenging behaviours in special schools and to provide a safe school environment in which the human rights of everyone in the school community are respected and avoidable harm liability is not a concern.

Chairperson, Committee for Education

8.      Adjournment