Edwin Poots: Thank you, Mr Buckley. That was well within the three minutes, and I encourage Members to do likewise, because it will ensure that as many as possible get in.
Edwin Poots: I thank Members for their contributions. Question, That the amendment be made, put and agreed to. Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to. Resolved: That this Assembly endorses the letter sent to Prime Minister Sunak by all Executive Ministers calling for our public finances to be placed on a sustainable footing and for the Executive to have the resources that they need to deliver...
Edwin Poots: I now call Mr Daniel McCrossan to wind on the amendment. You have five minutes, Mr McCrossan.
Edwin Poots: I call Kellie Armstrong to make a winding-up speech. Ms Armstrong, you have 10 minutes.
Edwin Poots: I call the First Minister and the deputy First Minister. They will have 20 minutes.
Edwin Poots: The Member has an extra minute.
Edwin Poots: I call Nuala McAllister. Again, as this is her first opportunity to speak, it should be done without interruption.
Edwin Poots: The Member has an extra minute.
Edwin Poots: I call Diane Forsythe. As this is Ms Forsythe's first opportunity to speak as a private Member, I remind the House that it is the convention that a maiden speech is made without interruption. However, if you choose to express views that provoke an interruption, you are likely to forfeit that.
Edwin Poots: I call Danny Donnelly. Again, as this is the Member's first opportunity to speak, I remind Members of the convention that he is heard without interruption.
Edwin Poots: I call Matthew O'Toole to move the amendment.
Edwin Poots: You just need to move the amendment first.
Edwin Poots: The Member has 10 minutes in which to propose the amendment and five minutes in which to make a winding-up speech. All other Members will have five minutes.
Edwin Poots: I now call Phillip Brett. As this is Mr Brett's maiden speech and is his first opportunity to speak as a private Member, I remind Members of the convention that a maiden speech be made without interruption. However, if you choose to express views that may provoke an interruption, you are likely to forfeit that protection.
Edwin Poots: I call Mr Eóin Tennyson. Again, this is Mr Tennyson's first opportunity to speak as a private Member, so I remind the House that it is convention that a maiden speech be made without interruption. However, if you choose to express views that provoke an interruption, you are likely to forfeit that protection.
Edwin Poots: I call on Nuala McAllister to select an available Standing Committee and nominate a person who is a member of her party and a Member of the Assembly to be its Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
Edwin Poots: Is the Member willing to take up the office for which she has been nominated?
Edwin Poots: I call on Michelle O'Neill to select and nominate.
Edwin Poots: Is the Member willing to take up the office for which he has been nominated?
Edwin Poots: I call on Keith Buchanan to select and nominate.