PN 04/06 Committee to meet with the Secretary of State

15 September 2006

PN 04/06

COMMITTEE ON THE PREPARATION FOR GOVERNMENT

Assembly Committee to meet with the Secretary of State

The Assembly Committee on the Preparation for Government has arranged to meet with the Rt Hon Mr Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State, in public session on 18 September 2006 at 10.00am in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings. The Committee asked for the meeting to discuss a range of matters arising from its recent work on Law and Order issues.

Note to the Editor:

The Preparation for Government Committee continued to meet over the summer recess and will continue to make efforts to scope the work which needs to be done in preparation for government. The main Committee has been meeting three days per week and the Economic Challenges sub-group has been meeting twice per week. Members of the main Committee have been discussing Institutional issues, Law and Order issues, and Rights and Equality issues.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Committee on the Preparation for Government

Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 2006, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, wrote to Mrs Eileen Bell, Speaker of the Assembly, on 26 May 2006 to direct that a Committee should be established to consider issues relating to the preparation for Government. On 12 June 2006, the Secretary of State directed that the Committee should be chaired by the deputy presiding officers, Mr Jim Wells and Mr Francie Molloy.

Further information can be obtained from the Clerk to the Committee:

Ms Nuala Dunwoody
Clerk Assistant
Clerk to the Committee on the Preparation for Government 
Parliament Buildings
Belfast
028 90 418321