Order Paper
Date: 12 January 2026
The Assembly to sit at noon.
Indicative Timings for Order of Business.
1. Prayers
2. Members' Statements
3. Public Petition
Installation of Pedestrian Crossing at Station Road, Doagh
Mr John Blair
4. Assembly Business
Motion: Committee Membership
Proposed:
That Mr Gareth Wilson be appointed as a member of the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. Mr Trevor Clarke
Mr Harry Harvey
Mr David Brooks
5. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The draft Waste (Fees and Charges) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the draft Waste (Fees and Charges) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Legislative Consent Motion: Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
Proposed:
That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill, as introduced in the House of Commons on 10 September 2025, and contained in clauses 2-9, clause 11 and clause 13 of the Bill.
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
6. Question Time
7. Committee Business
Motion: Extension of Committee Stage - General Teaching Council Bill (NIA Bill 23/22-27)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 27 May 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the General Teaching Council Bill. Chairperson, Committee for Education
8. Private Members' Business
Motion: Establishing an EU Office in Belfast
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes the advantages dual market access affords to our businesses; further notes that the worst impacts of Brexit disruption have been mitigated by the Windsor Framework agreement; encourages the British Government and the European Union to work together to address existing challenges and technical issues cited by businesses navigating the new trade, investment and regulatory arrangements; and calls on the British Government and the European Union to finally agree to the establishment of an EU office in Belfast that would provide a channel for businesses to fully benefit from the advantages of dual market access.
Mr Declan Kearney
Mrs Ciara Ferguson
Mr Pádraig Delargy
Mrs Sinéad Ennis
