Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022

Clause 10, page 5, line 22, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 10, page 5, line 24, leave out “in respect of some or all of that period” and insert “with effect from 1 January 2023 (unless the Northern Ireland Assembly is functioning by then)”

Clause 10, page 5, line 40, leave out “would have had were it not for” and insert “have had under”

Clause 10, page 5, line 28, at end insert— “(2A) The first determination must reduce by 50 per cent the salaries of Northern Ireland Assembly Members payable during a period in which the Northern Ireland Assembly is not functioning.”

To move the following Clause— “Consultation with First Ministers designate

Clause 3, page 2, line 25, at end insert— “(5A) Guidance under subsection (4) must require senior officers of a Northern Ireland department who exercise a function in reliance on subsection (1)—

Clause 3, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(4A) Guidance under subsection (4) must indicate that a senior officer of a Northern Ireland department may exercise the function of progressing arrangements to ensure that funding is available for the remediation of unsafe non-aluminium composite material cladding, if the officer considers it to be in the public interest.”

Clause 3, page 2, line 28, at end insert — “(7) Any representations made by Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly under subsection (6) must be published by the Secretary of State, who must also place a written report of those representations in the library of the Northern Ireland Assembly.”

Clause 3, page 2, line 28, after “Assembly” insert “and have due regard to the views of the First Ministers designate (the leaders of the two largest groupings elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly).”

Clause 3, page 2, line 28, at end insert — “(7) In accordance with the requirements of section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019, and the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/365) as amended by the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/554), guidance published under this section must include guidance to a senior officer of a Northern Ireland department on how to give effect to the Abortion Services Directions 2022 to ensure the provision of direct local access to abortion services in Northern Ireland.

To move the following Clause— “Nomination of First Ministers

To move the following Clause— “Consultation with Government of Ireland

Clause 4, page 2, line 33, at end insert— “(1A) The absence of Northern Ireland Ministers is not to be treated as preventing any senior officer of a Northern Ireland department from implementing, so far as practicable, recommendations, including any recommendations on the backdating of pay awards, from the relevant independent pay review bodies or other negotiated settlements for public services in Northern Ireland.”

Clause 10, page 6, line 28, at end insert — “(11) Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who do not vote in any election for a Speaker or Presiding Officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly, or vote against all candidates standing in such an election, will have their entire salaries reduced to zero from the date on which that election vote is held.”

Clause 11, page 6, line 34, after “Executive.” insert “Any increases made to the regional rate for year ending 31 March 2024 should be funded out of the Treasury Department and not the Northern Ireland block grant.”

To move the following Clause— “Report to Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

Clause 2, page 1, line 15, leave out “19 January 2023” and insert “a date set out in regulations by the Secretary of State”

Clause 3, page 2, line 28, at end insert— “(7) A senior officer must bring forward proposals to mark the centenary of the Common Travel Area between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.”

Clause 3, page 2, line 28, at end insert— “(7) A senior officer must conduct an inquiry into the impact of the introduction of the Northern Ireland Protocol since 1 January 2021 on the right granted the people of Northern Ireland in the section of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement entitled “Rights, Safeguards and Equality of Opportunity” to “pursue democratically national and political aspirations” and the right afforded women to “full and equal political participation”.”

Line 12, at end insert “and on the date that a Northern Ireland Executive is next reformed, whenever that may be, section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 shall be repealed.”

Clause 2, page 1, line 15, leave out “19 January 2023” and insert “a date set out in regulations by the Secretary of State”