Order Paper
Date: 01 December 2025
The Assembly to sit at noon.
Indicative Timings for Order of Business.
Marshalled List of Amendments.
1. Prayers
2. Members' Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)
Proposed:
That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 1 December 2025.
Business Committee
4. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.
Minister for the Economy
5. Question Time
6. Private Members' Business
Motion: Pressure on PSNI due to Health System Failings
Proposed:
That this Assembly expresses grave concern that failings in the health and social care system are forcing the PSNI to act as the service of last resort for those facing mental ill-health or other forms of health crisis; expresses further severe concern that the PSNI responds to over 100 concern for safety calls per day on average, with only three per cent of those incidents linked to crime; agrees that having to make up for gaps in health and social services is having an unaffordable impact on policing resources and capacity; notes that this additional pressure is being put on policing despite the Department of Health receiving more than half of the Executive's entire 2025-26 resource budget; and calls on the Minister of Health to prioritise delivery of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, Health and Wellbeing 2026: Delivering Together and the Right Care, Right Person model in order to address the unsustainable burden his Department is placing on police services.
Miss Nuala McAllister
Mr Danny Donnelly
Mr Peter McReynolds
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Motion: Recognising the Importance of Food Security
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes the importance of food security; believes food production should be recognised as a strategic asset in Northern Ireland; further notes Northern Ireland's role in feeding 10 million people; celebrates the food and drink sector generating £4.9 billion Gross Value Added to Northern Ireland; stresses that investing in agriculture is essential for boosting productivity, job creation and delivering progress toward more environmentally sustainable practices; expresses grave concern that agri-food businesses face significant trading barriers as a result of the Windsor Framework and the application of EU law; condemns, in particular, the ongoing threat to the critical supply of veterinary medicines from Great Britain from 1 January 2026, as well as uncertainty surrounding new EU rules on deforestation-free products; highlights that this could undermine animal welfare and the resilience of UK-wide food supply chains; notes that current, aspirational climate targets would see a reduction in livestock numbers; believes that perfection cannot prevent progress; calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to urgently bring proposals to the Executive to reduce Northern Ireland's interim 2030 and 2040 emissions reduction targets in the interests of protecting food security and a just transition for agriculture; and further calls on the Minister to unlock greater levels of on-farm investment and innovation by providing immediate clarity on ammonia controls within planning, in keeping with the Executive's Programme for Government.
Miss Michelle McIlveen
Mr Tom Buchanan
Mr William Irwin
