Order Paper
Date: 06 October 2025
Indicative timings for order of business
Marshalled List of Amendments
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members' Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Committee Membership
Proposed:
That Mr Jon Burrows be appointed as a member of the Public Accounts Committee. Mr Robbie Butler Mr John Stewart Ms Diana Armstrong
4. Question Time
5. Private Members' Business
Motion: Addressing Regional Imbalance
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes with concern the recent resignation from the Invest NI Board due to concerns regarding regional imbalance; further notes that recent Executive decisions, including the allocation of the Northern Ireland Football Fund, appear to have paid little regard to the need for regional balance; calls on the Minister for the Economy to urgently publish an assessment on the progress of the Sub-Regional Economic Plan; and further calls on the Minister to outline what steps she will take to ensure all Executive departments contribute to its successful implementation, including any proposals that aim to strengthen accountability where regional balance is not being delivered.
Mr Mark Durkan
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
Motion: Failure to Transform the Criminal Justice System
Proposed:
That this Assembly expresses concern that the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI) report, Transforming the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland: A Strategic Overview, published in November 2024, found limited improvement in performance, or the experience of victims, witnesses and staff, since the devolution of policing and justice; is alarmed that this outcome was reported despite numerous strategies and policy development; notes, in particular, the increasing need to tackle the factors that contribute to delay, including long police investigations, slow prosecutorial decision-making and cases not ready to proceed at court; further notes that delay may have the perverse effect of allowing alleged serious offenders, ordinarily held on remand for the purposes of public protection, to develop a strong claim for bail, or for those remanded to be released for time served at the time of sentencing; highlights the negative impact this has on victims and wider public confidence in the criminal justice system; believes transformational change must be system-wide, rather than the product of many, often disparate, strategies or workstreams; and calls on the Minister of Justice, more than nine months on from the CJINI recommendations, to outline her action plan and timeline to reach agreement with members of the Criminal Justice Board on a shared future vision and aligned strategic priorities for improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system without further delay.
Mr Paul Frew
Mr Brian Kingston
Mr Maurice Bradley
