Motion

National Crime Agency

Motion TitleNational Crime Agency

Motion TextThat this Assembly condemns the increasing number of illegal activities being carried out by organised criminal gangs; notes police assessments of over 140 such gangs operating in Northern Ireland; and calls for the implementation, in full, of the National Crime Agency to help deal with this problem which is particularly prevalent in border areas.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office01/09/2014

Date Selected By Committee23/09/2014

Date of Plenary Debate06/10/2014

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Mr Gregory Campbell	MLA - East Londonderry
Mr William Irwin	MLA - Newry and Armagh

Bills

Outcome/Voting

90 Members voted

54 Members voted AYE

36 Members voted NO

The Motion Was Carried, Simple Majority Lobby Division

MLA Name	Designation	Voted
Mr Steven Agnew	Other	AYE
Mr Jim Allister KC	Unionist	AYE
Mr Sydney Anderson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Attwood	Nationalist	NO
Mr Roy Beggs	Unionist	AYE
Mr Jonathan Bell	Unionist	AYE
Mr Cathal Boylan	Nationalist	NO
Ms Michaela Boyle	Nationalist	NO
Ms Paula Bradley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mickey Brady	Nationalist	NO
Mr Tom Buchanan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Joe Byrne	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Pam Cameron	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gregory Campbell	Unionist	AYE
Mr Trevor Clarke	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Judith Cochrane	Other	AYE
Mr Jonathan Craig	Unionist	AYE
Mr Stewart Dickson	Other	AYE
Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Sammy Douglas MBE, MCA	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gordon Dunne	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Easton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Colum Eastwood	Nationalist	NO
Mr Tom Elliott	Unionist	AYE
Mr Phil Flanagan	Nationalist	NO
Mr David Ford	Other	AYE
Mrs Arlene Foster	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Frew	Unionist	AYE
Mr Samuel Gardiner MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Girvan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Givan	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Brenda Hale	Unionist	AYE
Mr Simon Hamilton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Chris Hazzard	Nationalist	NO
Mr David Hilditch	Unionist	AYE
Mr William Humphrey	Unionist	AYE
Mr William Irwin	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Dolores Kelly	Nationalist	NO
Mr Gerry Kelly	Nationalist	NO
Mr Danny Kennedy	Unionist	AYE
Ms Anna Lo MBE	Other	AYE
Mr Trevor Lunn	Other	AYE
Mr Seán Lynch	Nationalist	NO
Mr Declan McAleer	Nationalist	NO
Mr John McCallister	Unionist	AYE
Mr Fra McCann	Nationalist	NO
Ms Jennifer McCann	Nationalist	NO
Mr Kieran McCarthy	Other	AYE
Mr Raymond McCartney	Nationalist	NO
Mr Nelson McCausland	Unionist	AYE
Ms Rosaleen McCorley	Nationalist	NO
Mr Basil McCrea	Unionist	AYE
Mr Ian McCrea	Unionist	AYE
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Nationalist	NO
Mr Barry McElduff	Nationalist	NO
Ms Bronwyn McGahan	Nationalist	NO
Mr Martin McGuinness	Nationalist	NO
Mr David McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Mr Daithí McKay	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Karen McKevitt	Nationalist	NO
Mr Fearghal McKinney	Nationalist	NO
Ms Maeve McLaughlin	Nationalist	NO
Mr Oliver McMullan	Nationalist	NO
Mr Adrian McQuillan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alban Maginness	Nationalist	NO
Mr Alex Maskey	Nationalist	NO
Mr Ian Milne	Nationalist	NO
Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Stephen Moutray	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Unionist	AYE
Mr Robin Newton	Unionist	AYE
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín	Nationalist	NO
Mr Cathal Ó hOisín	Nationalist	NO
Mr John O'Dowd	Nationalist	NO
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Sandra Overend	Unionist	AYE
Mr Edwin Poots	Unionist	AYE
Mr Pat Ramsey	Nationalist	NO
Mr George Robinson MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Peter Robinson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Seán Rogers	Nationalist	NO
Mr Alastair Ross	Unionist	AYE
Ms Caitríona Ruane	Nationalist	NO
Mr Pat Sheehan	Nationalist	NO
Mr Jimmy Spratt	Unionist	AYE
Mr Robin Swann	Unionist	AYE
Mr Peter Weir	Unionist	AYE
Mr Jim Wells	Unionist	AYE
Mr Sammy Wilson	Unionist	AYE

Amendments

Selected Amendments

Number	Tabled Date	Amendment Text
1	01/10/2014	Proposed: Leave out all after ‘calls for’ and insert: ‘statutory provision to be made so that all members of the National Crime Agency on operational duty locally are subject to the same accountability mechanisms and bodies that govern the work of the PSNI and its officers.’

Other Amendments Tabled

Tabled Date	Amendment Text
02/10/2014	Proposed: Leave out all after ‘calls for’ and insert: ‘proper accountability arrangements and mechanisms across National Crime Agency activities and operations in Northern Ireland, to guarantee that the primacy of the PSNI and of the policing institutions are upheld.’

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