OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard) Volume 52 (24 May 2010 to 13 June 2010) BELFAST: THE STATIONERY OFFICE LTD £70.00 © Copyright 2011 ISBN 978-0-339-80050-2 Table of Contents Assembly Members .........................................................................................................................i Principal Officers and Officials of the Assembly ................................................................................ ii Ministerial Offices ......................................................................................................................... iii Assembly Sittings Monday 24 May 2010 Speaker’s Business Ministerial Appointment ..................................................................................................................1 Assembly Business Committee for the Environment .......................................................................................................1 Assembly Commission ....................................................................................................................1 Executive Committee Business Dogs (Amendment) Bill: First Stage .................................................................................................2 Commissioner for Older People Bill: First Stage ................................................................................2 Committee Business Welfare Reform Bill: Extension of Committee Stage ..........................................................................2 Statutory Committee Membership ...................................................................................................2 Standing Committee Membership ....................................................................................................3 Private Members’ Business Caravans Bill: Second Stage ...........................................................................................................3 Oral Answers to Questions Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister .......................................................................27 Social Development ......................................................................................................................32 Private Members’ Business Caravans Bill: Second Stage (continued) ........................................................................................38 Department of Education’s Community Relations Budget .................................................................40 Fortieth Anniversary of Disbanding of B-Specials and Formation of UDR ............................................54 Tuesday 25 May 2010 Private Members’ Business Petition of Concern: Fortieth Anniversary of Disbanding of B-Specials and Formation of UDR ..............71 Executive Committee Business Student Loans (Amendment) Bill: First Stage ..................................................................................72 Sunbeds Bill: Second Stage ..........................................................................................................72 Employment Bill: Consideration Stage ............................................................................................83 Forestry Bill: Final Stage ...............................................................................................................92 Private Members’ Business Preschool Places ..........................................................................................................................98 Oral Answers to Questions Justice ......................................................................................................................................102 Private Members’ Business Preschool Places (continued) .......................................................................................................109 Adjournment Urban Renewal Area Status: Upper Long Streets .........................................................................120 Tuesday 1 June 2010 Assembly Business Committee Membership ..............................................................................................................127 Matters of the Day Gaza: Attack on Flotilla ...............................................................................................................127 Mr Bobby Moffett .......................................................................................................................130 Ministerial Statement Planning Policy Statement 21: Sustainable Development in the Countryside ...................................133 Executive Committee Business Energy Bill: First Stage ................................................................................................................143 Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill: Second Stage .............................................143 Oral Answers to Questions Agriculture and Rural Development ..............................................................................................153 Culture, Arts and Leisure ............................................................................................................159 Education ..................................................................................................................................165 Executive Committee Business Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill: Second Stage (continued) ............................172 Draft Census Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 .................................................................................179 Committee Business Code of Conduct/Assembly Commissioner for Standards ..............................................................184 Adjournment Eel Fishing in Lough Erne ............................................................................................................194 Friday 4 June 2010 Private Members’ Business Gaza .........................................................................................................................................205 Monday 7 June 2010 Private Members’ Business Petition of Concern: Gaza ............................................................................................................217 Assembly Business Suspension of Standing Orders ...................................................................................................219 Executive Committee Business Employment (No. 2) Bill: First Stage.............................................................................................219 Commissioner for Older People Bill: Second Stage ........................................................................219 Dogs (Amendment) Bill: Second Stage .........................................................................................234 Oral Answers to Questions Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister .....................................................................242 Employment and Learning ...........................................................................................................248 Executive Committee Business Dogs (Amendment) Bill: Second Stage (continued) ........................................................................254 Roads (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Consideration Stage...........................................................262 Employment Bill: Further Consideration Stage ..............................................................................266 Committee Business Standing Committee Membership ................................................................................................266 High Hedges Bill: Extension of Committee Stage ..........................................................................267 Private Members’ Business Fuel Prices .................................................................................................................................267 Tuesday 8 June 2010 Executive Committee Business Safeguarding Board Bill: First Stage .............................................................................................279 Student Loans (Amendment) Bill: Second Stage ...........................................................................279 River Bann Navigation Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 ....................................................................284 Donaghadee Harbour Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 .....................................................................285 Committee Business Programme-led Apprenticeships Scheme ......................................................................................286 Oral Answers to Questions Enterprise, Trade and Investment .................................................................................................297 Adjournment A2: Upgrade ...............................................................................................................................303 Committee Stages Committee for Social Development Welfare Reform Bill (NIA 13/09) ................................................................................................CS 1 Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Debt Relief Bill (NIA 9/09) ......................................................................................................CS 21 Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Debt Relief Bill (NIA 9/09) ......................................................................................................CS 25 Committee for the Environment Local Government (Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill (NIA 7/09)