THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday 5th October
Question Time: OFMDFM / Environment
Committee Business: Extension: Employment Bill Committee Stage
Extension: Housing Bill Committee Stage
Extension: Forestry Bill Committee Stage
Motions: Grammar School Entrance Tests
Migrant Workers
Tuesday 5th October
Executive Business: Further Consideration Rates Amendment Bill
Question Time: Finance / Assembly Commission
Motions: Protestant Student Exodus
Investment in Social Housing
AND FINALLY….
Congratulations to the DUP’s Jim Wells (South Down) for a refreshingly frank insight into the workings of the Assembly.
To quote:
“The other day, someone asked me to describe the role of a Back-Bencher in controlling the Executive, and I said that trying to control the Executive is like standing jeering at a passing steamroller. To a large extent, that is how one feels about one’s role as an obscure Back-Bencher in this House.”
I suspect even Ministers have similar sentiments.
