Motion Amendment

Motion TitlePoverty and Deprivation (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1

Motion Amendment TextLeave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert: ‘notes the latest edition of the Northern Ireland Poverty Bulletin detailing the levels of poverty across Northern Ireland; further notes that Section 28E of the Northern Ireland Act (1998) was the subject of a judicial review in June 2015; and welcomes the Executive’s commitment, as outlined in the recent Programme for Government consultation document, to publish a new Social Strategy that aims to improve the lives of those in poverty through a range of specific interventions that will tackle poverty, social exclusion and deprivation on the basis of the objective need.’

Amendment Number1

Motion Amendment CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office17/11/2016

Date of Plenary Debate21/11/2016