Forward Work Programme
From this page you can find out more about the upcoming schedule for the Committee for Justice. Select a month below to find out more.
Please note the following items that are yet to be scheduled:
- AccessNI Regulations on new fee model and new regulations to implement same – oral briefing
- SL1 – Proposals to reform police discipline and unsatisfactory performance procedures in NI – oral briefing
- Briefing on the results of the consultation on Governance and Accountability of the Public Prosecution Service – oral briefing
- Law Centre briefing on Tribunal Reform – oral briefing
- Briefing by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on research on the needs of individuals with communication difficulties in the justice system
- Amendments to Parole Commissioners Rules – proposed policy and draft consultation document – written briefing
- Child Sex Offender Public Disclosure Scheme – policy and draft consultation paper on whether or not to adopt similar scheme to rest of the UK – written briefing
- Review of the Criminal Records Regime in NI consultation responses (Part 2 of Sunita Mason's report and 2 Part One recommendations) - written briefing
- Statutory Discount Rate (methodology on setting rates): next steps following consultation responses/update on UK wide decision – written briefing
- Draft Departmental Estates Strategy - oral briefing
- Update briefing on the implementation of the Witness Care Unit pilot project
- Crown Court (Amendment) Rules - new rule to reflect Rule 20 (Magistrates’ Court Rules) and provide for release of certificates of conviction – written briefing
- Briefing on the results of the consultation on Alternative Methods of Funding Money Damages Claims
- Briefing on the results of the consultation on the Exceptional Grant Funding Scheme – oral briefing
- Tribunal Reform - briefing on the proposed way forward– oral briefing
- Briefing on the results of the consultation on the reform of financial eligibility for civil and criminal legal aid
- Briefing on impact of Court of Appeal case on NI disclosure model
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Visits to be Scheduled:
- Visit to England/Wales to view a private prison facility
- Visit to Big Lottery funded projects aimed at supporting young people at risk of offending
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Organisations for Committees next Informal Meeting:
- Mens Aid NI - to discuss a project on legal aid and family law
- Autism NI – to discuss the difficulties for the criminal justice system in identifying and processing young people with autism and the “Young People, Autism and Criminal Justice” Project
- Barry Turley - presentation on ‘Creative Intervention Techniques in Forensic Mental Health’ (joint presentation with the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety)
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