Order Paper
Date: 19 October 2026
Indicative timings for order of business
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Public Petition
Make the Crossing Safe at Lough View Integrated School
Ms Paula Bradshaw
4. Assembly Business
Motion: Trustee of the Assembly Members' Pension Scheme
Proposed:
That Mr Patsy McGlone replace Mr Mark Durkan as a Trustee of the Assembly Members' Pension Scheme.
Mr Colin McGrath
Mr Matthew O'Toole
Motion: Committee Membership
Proposed:
That Mr Jonathan Buckley be appointed as a member of the Assembly and Executive Review Committee.
Mr Trevor Clarke
Mr David Brooks
Mr Harry Harvey
5. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Live Links for Courts and Tribunals) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Proposed:
That the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Live Links for Courts and Tribunals) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 be approved.
Minister of Justice
Legislative Consent Motion: Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
Proposed:
That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension of the provisions of the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill as introduced in the House of Commons on 12 November 2025, dealing with the security and resilience of network and information systems used or relied on in connection with the carrying on of essential activities.
Minister of Finance
6. Question Time
7. Committee Business
Motion: Extension of Committee Stage – Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill (NIA Bill 45/22-27)
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 29 January 2027, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill.
Chairperson, Committee for Communities
8. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Cost of Living Crisis
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the severe and growing pressure that rising fuel and energy costs are placing on household finances across Northern Ireland; notes that these pressures come on top of persistently high living costs, leaving many households facing increasingly difficult choices; further notes the publication of Budget 2027 in the Republic of Ireland, which has brought forward a package of measures aimed at easing cost of living pressures and supporting households; expresses concern that the Executive has failed to agree a budget to provide families with certainty about the support available to them; and calls on the Executive to bring forward a package of measures aimed at alleviating the cost of living crisis as part of an agreed Executive budget.
Mr Matthew O'Toole
Mr Colin McGrath
Mr Mark Durkan
