Minutes of Proceedings
Session: 2010/2011
Date: 11 January 2011
Venue: Room 21
The meeting opened at 11.08am in private session.
1. Apologies
Mr Jonathan Bell
Mr Jimmy Spratt (Chairperson)
Mr Alan McFarland (Observer)
2. Minutes of Proceedings of meeting held on 14 December 2010
Members agreed the Minutes of Proceedings of the meeting held on 14 December 2010.
3. Matters arising
None.
4. Correspondence
Members noted the following outgoing correspondence:
- Letter to the Secretary of State dated 14 December 2010
- Letter to Mr John O’Dowd dated 14 December 2010
11.10am Paul Givan joined the meeting.
5. Consideration of draft report – Review of the O peration of Sections 16A to 16C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
The Deputy Chairperson proposed that the draft report on the r eview of the o peration of sections 16A to 16C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 should be read paragraph by paragraph.
Agreed: The front cover was agreed.
Agreed: Page i, Powers, read and agreed.
Page i, Membership, read and agreed.
Agreed: Page iii, Table of Contents, read and agreed.
11.13am Conall McDevitt joined the meeting.
- Paragraphs 1 – 13 read and agreed.
- Paragraph 14, read and agreed, as amended.
- Paragraph 15, read and agreed.
- Paragraph 16, read and agreed, as amended.
- Paragraph 17, read and agreed.
Agreed: The inclusion of Appendix 1, Minutes of Proceedings relating to the
report, was agreed.
In relation to Appendix 2, Hansard Transcripts of Committee Meetings, the Deputy Chairperson pointed out that the Official Report of the meetings on 2 and 9 November 2010 contained material related to the ‘size’ of the Assembly, which the Committee had been discussing but subsequently deferred to a later date for consideration. Members were content to include the Hansard transcripts as presented.
Agreed: The inclusion of Appendix 2, Hansard Transcripts of Committee
Meetings, was agreed.
Agreed: The inclusion of Appendix 3, Position Papers from Parties and
Independent MLAs, was agreed.
Agreed: The inclusion of Appendix 4, Extracts from Research Papers, was
agreed.
Agreed: To include the letter to the Secretary of State dated 14 December 2010,
and the response letter dated 29 December 2010, in the appendices to
the report.
Agreed: It was agreed that the draft report would be amended and presented to
the committee at its meeting scheduled for 18 January 2011 for final
agreement.
Agreed: It was agreed to debate the report in a plenary session.
6. Forward Work Programme
It was agreed to defer consideration of the Forward Work Programmeto the meeting scheduled for 18 January 2011.
7. Any other Business
None.
8. Date, time and place of next meeting
It was agreed that the next meeting of the Committee would take place on
18 January 2011, at 11.00am in Room 144, Parliament Buildings.
The Deputy Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 11.31am.
