Legislation continues to flow through the house today with both the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill and the Department of Justice Bill reaching their further consideration stage.
OFMDFM and Agriculture will face oral questions before the assembly will approve interesting adjustments to standing orders covering rare circumstances when the speaker or any of his three deputies are unavailable to chair debates. According to the new rules the oldest member in the chamber at the time will chair proceedings.
Private members business is kicked off by a SF sponsored debate calling on the DETI Minister to bring forward proposals allowing Credit Unions to expand their range of services.
Expect plenty of barbs aimed at the DUP benches during a UUP led motion backing the Kelly report on Standards in Public Life and calling on all parties in the Assembly to commit to an end to ‘double-jobbing’ by the next Assembly election in 2011.
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