Motion

Motion TitleNew Standing Order

Motion TextAfter Standing Order 59 insert:- 59A. Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (1) This order supplements section 56B and Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998. (2) There shall be a standing committee of the Assembly to be known as the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (‘the committee’) to assist with the observation and implementation of Articles 13(3a) and (4) of the Windsor Framework. (3) The committee shall exercise the functions set out in Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998. (4) The committee may exercise the power in section 44(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, read with paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6B to that Act. (5) Membership of the committee shall be determined in accordance with Standing Order 52. (6) Each member of the committee (‘M’) may appoint as a substitute a person who is— (a) a member of the same political party as M; (b) a member of the Assembly; (c) not a member of the committee; and (d) not a substitute for any other member of the committee. (7) A substitute may attend any meeting of the committee from which M is absent. (8) A substitute may participate in the proceedings of the committee as though the substitute were a member of the committee. (9) If the chairperson is absent, the committee shall be chaired by the deputy chairperson. (10) If both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are absent, the committee shall be chaired by the oldest member present at the meeting who is not a substitute. (11) In this Standing Order, ‘Windsor Framework’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Motion CategoryCommittee Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office14/11/2024

Date Selected By Committee19/11/2024

Date of Plenary Debate26/11/2024