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COMMITTEE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME – October 2008 onwards
All meetings to be held on Thursday 10.30 a.m. in Room 144, unless otherwise stated

N.B. The Forward Work Programme is subject to amendment as agreed by the Committee for the Environment. The programme provides an indication of work areas that the Committee proposes to deal with in the coming weeks and is subject to change on a weekly basis. The finalised weekly agenda may be viewed on the Assembly website (http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/io/whats.htm)

02 October 2008

09 October 2008

16 October 2008

23 October 2008

PUBLIC SESSION

• SR 2008/372 – The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (NI) 2008 (TBC)

• SR 2008/372 – The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008

• Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill – evidence from Horticulture Forum for Northern Ireland

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill – evidence from Departmental planning officials for Northern Ireland

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill – evidence Departmental enforcement officers

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Departmental briefing on proposed Regulations to prohibit the use of lead shot over wetlands

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Committee consideration of Forward Work Programme

 

PUBLIC SESSION

• Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill – evidence from Beverley Bell, Traffic Commissioner, North West Traffic Area

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Briefing by Environmental community group on Article 31 planning issue

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Departmental briefing on Article 31 planning issue

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Departmental briefing on issues raised by Ulster Federation of Rambling Clubs (UFRC) (TBC)

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

 

PUBLIC SESSION

• Departmental briefing on secondary legislation raising powers of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill (TBC)

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Departmental briefing on issues re Yellow Line Coach Hire.(TBC)

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Briefing by Disappointed Lisnaragh Landowners group on proposed designation as an ASSI of lands in Lisnaragh, Dunamanagh

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Briefing by Mike Turner on road safety issues (TBC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC SESSION

• Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill (TBC)

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Briefing by Dr Alice Bows, Senior Research Fellow ( University of Manchester Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research) on climate change. (TBC)

• Departmental briefing on Department’s input into UK Strategy for Radioactive Discharges 2006 – 2030

Witnesses:

To be confirmed

• Briefing by Research and Library Service on paper on ‘Health effects of electric fields and inter-connectors’ (TBC)