Motion

Motion TitleManufacturing Sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Motion TextThat this Assembly recognises the vital role played by our local manufacturing sector in sustaining and growing our economy; further recognises the huge pressures on our manufacturing sector during the COVID-19 pandemic; commends employers and workers in the manufacturing sector who continue to persevere in the most adverse of economic conditions with limited financial support; notes with concern the potential job losses in the manufacturing sector; calls on the Minister for the Economy to detail the short to medium-term support measures that will be put in place to support the manufacturing sector through the COVID-19 pandemic; and further calls on her to produce the long-overdue manufacturing strategy to help the long-term recovery of, and growth within, the sector.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office06/10/2020

Date Selected By Committee03/11/2020

Date of Plenary Debate09/11/2020