Minutes of Evidence
The Minutes of Evidence recorded at each of the oral evidence sessions can be found by clicking on the following dates:-
1 October 2015 - Oral evidence from the Prisoner Ombudsman
5 November 2015 - Oral Evidence from NIACRO
5 November 2015 - Oral evidence from NI Human Rights Commission
5 November 2015 - Oral evidence from the PSNI
5 November 2015 - Oral evidence from Jim Gamble, INEQE, on possible legislative changes to improve online protection for children
12 November 2015 - Oral evidence from the NI Ombudsman
17 November 2015 - Oral Evidence from Lord Morrow MLA on his propsoed amendment
17 November 2015 - Oral evidence from GTGNI, BASC and CAI on the Department of Justice proposed amendments to firearms legislation
17 November 2015 - Oral evidence from Basil McCrea MLA on his proposed amendments
26 November 2015 - Oral evidence from the Department of Justice on Part 2: Prison Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
26 November 2015 - Oral evidence from the Department of Justice on the proposed amendments to firearms legislation
26 November 2015 - Oral evidence from the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the Proposed Amendments to Increase Penalties in the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
3 December 2015 - Oral evidence from the Department of Justice on Part 1 of the Bill
3 December 2015 - Oral evidence from the Department of Justice on Part 3 and Part 4 of the Bill
3 December 2015 - Informal deliberations on Part 2 of the Bill
10 December 2015 - Informal deliberations on Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of the Bill, the proposed amendments to increase animal cruelty penalties and proposed amendments relating to direct commital for trial
7 January 2016 - Oral evidence from the Department of Justice on proposed amendments to firearms legislation
7 January 2016 - Informal Deliberations on Lord Morrow MLA and Basil McCrea's MLA proposed amendments
7 January 2016 - Informal Deliberations on possible legislative changes to improve online protection for children
7 January 2016 - Informal Deliberations on the amendments proposed by the Committee for Justice
7 January 2016 - Formal Clause-by-Clause Consideration