Northern Ireland Assembly debates
Monday, 11 June 2012

• Northern Ireland Assembly (0 speeches)
  The Assembly met at 12.00 noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes’ silence.
• Assembly Business (2 speeches)
  Mr Speaker, if it is in order, may I move the suspension of Standing Orders to permit the House to sit after the normal sitting time?
• Executive Committee Business (0 speeches)
  • Pensions Bill: Royal Assent (1 speech)
    I wish to inform Members that the Pensions Bill has received Royal Assent. The Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 became law on 1 June 2012.
• Assembly Business (0 speeches)
  • Resignation: Ms Martina Anderson (1 speech)
    I advise the House that I have received a letter from Ms Martina Anderson giving me notice that she has resigned as a Member of the Assembly with effect from noon today, 11 June 2012. I have...
  • Extension of Sitting (3 speeches)
    I have been given notice by members of the Business Committee of a motion to extend today’s sitting beyond 7.00 pm. Under Standing Order 10(3A), the Question on the motion will be put...
• Ministerial Statement (0 speeches)
  • Pathways to Success: Strategy for Young People not in Education, Employment or Training (27 speeches)
    I am very grateful for the opportunity to make the statement today about Pathways to Success, which is the Executive’s strategy for young people who are not in employment, education or...
• Executive Committee Business (0 speeches)
  • Financial Services Bill: Legislative Consent Motion (9 speeches)
    I beg to move That this Assembly agrees that the provisions in Part 3 of the Financial Services Bill, as introduced in the House of Commons on 10 May 2012, dealing with the transfer of functions...
  • Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemption) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (6 speeches)
    I beg to move That the draft Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemption) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 be approved. In the North, there are approximately 2,200 operators licensed to...
  • Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (5 speeches)
    I beg to move That the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 be approved. The uprating order is an annual order that sets out the rates of contributory and...
• Committee Business (0 speeches)
  • Economy: Innovation, Research and Development (16 speeches)
    The Business Committee has agreed to allow up to two hours for the debate. The proposer will have 15 minutes to propose the motion and 15 minutes to make a winding-up speech. All other Members...
• Oral Answers to Questions (0 speeches)
• Agriculture and Rural Development (1 speech)
  Question 13 has been withdrawn and requires a written answer.
  • Renewable Energy: Cross-departmental Working (8 speeches)
    1. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to outline how her Department is working on a cross-departmental basis to promote renewable energy...
  • Fisheries: Whitefish By-catch (10 speeches)
    2. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, further to the December Fisheries Council meeting, for an update on the work being carried out to identify technology to reduce the...
  • Mental Health: Rural Areas (9 speeches)
    3. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to outline the discussions she has had with her Executive colleagues in relation to addressing the mental health needs of people living...
  • Theft: Rural Areas (14 speeches)
    4. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for an update on the action being taken to help farmers and rural dwellers to reduce the risk of...
  • Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (6 speeches)
    5. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what action her Department is taking to tackle bovine viral diarrhoea.        &# 160; (AQO...
• Education (1 speech)
  Question 9 has been withdrawn and a written answer is required.
  • Schools: Homophobic Bullying (8 speeches)
    1. asked the Minister of Education for his assessment of the prevalence of homophobic bullying in Northern Ireland in light of ‘The Teachers’ Report’, which identified...
  • Preschool Provision (19 speeches)
    I call Ms Michelle Gildernew for a question.
  • Education: All-island Working (12 speeches)
    3. asked the Minister of Education for an update on the work that he is undertaking on an all-island basis in conjunction with his counterpart in the Dublin...
  • Education and Skills Authority Bill (10 speeches)
    4. asked the Minister of Education when he will introduce the Education and Skills Authority Bill.         & #160;  (AQO 2124/11-15)
  • Schools: Bullying (9 speeches)
    5. asked the Minister of Education how his Department’s anti-bullying policies compare with those in the Irish Republic and Britain.      (AQO 2125/11-15)
  • Early Years (0-6) Strategy (5 speeches)
    6. asked the Minister of Education for an update on the implementation of the early years (0-6) strategy.        
    60;     (AQO...
• Committee Business (0 speeches)
  • Economy: Innovation, Research and Development (14 speeches)
    Debate resumed on motion: That this Assembly approves the report of the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment on its inquiry into developing the Northern Ireland economy through...
• Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
  • Criminal Justice: Murder of PSNI Officers (31 speeches)
    The Business Committee has agreed to allow up to one hour and 30 minutes for the debate. The proposer of the motion will have 10 minutes to propose and 10 minutes in which to make a winding-up...
• Written Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
  The content of these written ministerial statements is as received at the time from the Ministers. It has not been subject to the  official reporting (Hansard) process.
• Environment (0 speeches)
  • Publication of Planning Appeals Commission Reports on the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 (BMAP) and Banbridge, Newry and Mourne Area Plan (1 speech)
    Published on Thursday 7 June, 2012
• Health, Social Services and Public Safety (0 speeches)
  • Independent Review of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Neonatal Units in Northern Ireland (1 speech)
    Published on Thursday 31 May, 2012
• Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (0 speeches)
  • Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry: Terms of Reference, Chair and Acknowledgement Forum Panel Members (1 speech)
    Published at 5.00 pm on Thursday 31 May, 2012
• Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (0 speeches)
  • Child Poverty Act 2010: Annual Report ‘Improving Children’s Life Chances – the First Year’ (1 speech)
    Published on Wednesday 6 June, 2012