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Legislative Consent Motion: Welfare Reform

Motion TitleLegislative Consent Motion: Welfare Reform

Motion TextThat this Assembly consents to the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill 2015 being taken forward by the Westminster Parliament; approves the welfare clauses of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill as initially introduced at Westminster; the draft Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015; and the Executive’s proposals to enhance payments flowing from the agreement announced on 17 November 2015.

Motion CategoryExecutive Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office17/11/2015

Date Selected By Committee17/11/2015

Date of Plenary Debate18/11/2015

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Mr Mervyn Storey	Minister for Social Development

Bills

Outcome/Voting

92 Members voted

70 Members voted AYE

22 Members voted NO

The Motion Was Carried, Simple Majority Lobby Division

MLA Name	Designation	Voted
Mr Steven Agnew	Other	NO
Mr Andy Allen MBE	Unionist	NO
Mr Jim Allister KC	Unionist	NO
Mr Sydney Anderson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Attwood	Nationalist	NO
Mr Roy Beggs	Unionist	NO
Mr Jonathan Bell	Unionist	AYE
Mr Cathal Boylan	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Michaela Boyle	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Dominic Bradley	Nationalist	NO
Ms Paula Bradley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Tom Buchanan	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Pam Cameron	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gregory Campbell	Unionist	AYE
Mr Trevor Clarke	Unionist	AYE
Mr Adrian Cochrane-Watson	Unionist	NO
Mr Jonathan Craig	Unionist	AYE
Mr Leslie Cree MBE	Unionist	NO
Mr Stewart Dickson	Other	AYE
Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson	Unionist	NO
Mr Sammy Douglas MBE, MCA	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gordon Dunne	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Easton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Colum Eastwood	Nationalist	NO
Dr Stephen Farry	Other	AYE
Ms Megan Fearon	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Phil Flanagan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David Ford	Other	AYE
Mrs Arlene Foster	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Frew	Unionist	AYE
Mr Samuel Gardiner MBE	Unionist	NO
Mr Paul Girvan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Givan	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Brenda Hale	Unionist	AYE
Mr Simon Hamilton	Unionist	AYE
Ms Claire Hanna	Nationalist	NO
Mr Chris Hazzard	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David Hilditch	Unionist	AYE
Mr William Humphrey	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gerry Kelly	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Danny Kennedy	Unionist	NO
Ms Anna Lo MBE	Other	AYE
Mr Trevor Lunn	Other	AYE
Mr Seán Lynch	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Gordon Lyons	Unionist	AYE
Mr Chris Lyttle	Other	AYE
Mr Declan McAleer	Nationalist	AYE
Mr John McCallister	Unionist	NO
Mr Fra McCann	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Jennifer McCann	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Kieran McCarthy	Other	AYE
Mr Raymond McCartney	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Nelson McCausland	Unionist	AYE
Ms Rosaleen McCorley	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Basil McCrea	Unionist	AYE
Mr Ian McCrea	Unionist	AYE
Mr Barry McElduff	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Bronwyn McGahan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Martin McGuinness	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Mr Daithí McKay	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Karen McKevitt	Nationalist	NO
Mr Fearghal McKinney	Nationalist	NO
Ms Maeve McLaughlin	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Oliver McMullan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Adrian McQuillan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alban Maginness	Nationalist	NO
Mr Alex Maskey	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Gary Middleton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Ian Milne	Nationalist	AYE
Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Stephen Moutray	Unionist	AYE
Mr Conor Murphy	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Unionist	NO
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Cathal Ó hOisín	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	Nationalist	AYE
Mr John O'Dowd	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Sandra Overend	Unionist	NO
Mrs Emma Pengelly	Unionist	AYE
Mr Peter Robinson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Seán Rogers	Nationalist	NO
Mr Alastair Ross	Unionist	AYE
Ms Caitríona Ruane	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Pat Sheehan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Mervyn Storey	Unionist	AYE
Ms Claire Sugden	Unionist	NO
Mr Robin Swann	Unionist	NO
Mr Peter Weir	Unionist	AYE
Mr Jim Wells	Unionist	AYE

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