Order Paper
Date: 07 September 2026
The Assembly to sit at noon.
Indicative timings for order of business
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Committee Membership
Proposed:
That Mr Mike Nesbitt replace Ms Diana Armstrong as a Member of the Committee for the Economy.
Mr Jon Burrows
Dr Steve Aiken
Mr John Stewart
Motion: Committee Membership
Proposed:
That Mrs Sinéad Ennis replace Miss Áine Murphy as a member of the Committee for the Executive Office; that Miss Áine Murphy replace Miss Jemma Dolan as a member of the Committee for Finance; that Miss Nicola Brogan be appointed as a member of the Committee for Communities; and that Mr Cathal Boylan be appointed as a member of the Committee for Infrastructure.
Mr Philip McGuigan
Mrs Sinéad Ennis
4. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Closure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Proposed:
That the draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Closure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 be approved.
Minister for the Economy
5. Question Time
5.2 Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
6. Committee Business
Motion: Extension of Committee Stage – Charities (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 36/22-27)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 11 December 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Charities (Amendment) Bill.
Chairperson, Committee for Communities
7. Private Members’ Business
Second Stage: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill (NIA Bill 44/22-27)
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Second Stage: Tree Protection Bill (NIA Bill 41/22-27)
Mr Peter McReynolds
