Work of Committees

Please see links, at Appendix A, to legacy reports from 2007-2011which are published on the Northern Ireland Assembly website.  At the end of each report, statistics are provided which detail the statutory rules scrutinized.  Please also find a link to Reports of the Examiner of Statutory Rules below:

    http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/legislation/esr_reports_07.htm

Please see links, at Appendix B, to Minutes of Proceedings from 2007-2011 which are published on the Northern Ireland website. 

Please see links, at Appendix A, to legacy reports from 2007-2011which are published on the Northern Ireland Assembly website.  Atthe end of each report, statistics are provided which detail the number of Bills initiated by the Committees.             

Attached at Appendix C is a summary of the second mandate legislation statistics.  This includes figures for the total number of amendments tabled and made.  

To get a sense of the relationship between Committees and Ministers and the influence of Committees, you may wish to consider selecting a few bills and look at the Committee Report(Executive summary and clause-by-clause pages may suffice) and then look at the related annotated Marshalled Lists.

The Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill was very interesting.Many challenging issues were discussed including the use of snares and hare-coursing. 

The Sunbeds Bill was an example of where there was a modest number of amendments but all were tabled by the Minister and agreed with the Committee.

The Assembly Information Management System (AIMS) provides easy access to information on MLAs and the procedural information published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.  Please also find a link to AIMS below.

http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/plenary/search.aspx

Also, please find, below, a link to the Assembly Education Service and to the Education Service website which may be of interest. 

http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Visit-and-Learning/Assembly-Education-Service/

http://education.niassembly.gov.uk/ 

Appendix A

Legacy Reports 2007-11

• Agriculture & Rural Development  http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/agriculture/2007mandate/reports/2010/legacy_report.htm  
• Culture, Arts & Leisure http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/culture/2007mandate/reports/2010/Legacy_report_2007_2011.htm
• Committee for Education http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/education/2007mandate/reports/legacy_report.htm
• Committee for Employment & Learning http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/employment/2007mandate/reports/2010/legacy_report.htm
• Committee for Enterprise, Trade & Investment http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/enterprise/2007mandate/reports/2010/legacy_report.htm
• Committee for Finance & Personnel  http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/finance/2007mandate/reports/legacy_report.htm  
• Committee for Health, Social Services & Public Safety http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/health/2007mandate/reports/2010/legacy_report_07_11.htm
• Committee for Justice http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/justice/2007mandate/reports/2010/legacy_report.htm
• Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/centre/2007mandate/reports/2010/legacy_report_07_11.htm
• Committee for Regional Development http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/regional/2007mandate/reports/2010/Reg_Dev_Legacy_Report.pdf
• Committee for Social Development http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/social/2007mandate/reports/2010/soc_dev_legacy_report.htm

Appendix B

The Minutes of Proceedings includes a section on Northern Ireland Assembly  Legislation and its various stages.

• Minutes of Proceedings Session 2010-2011

http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/minutes/2007mandate/minutes/2010/110315.htm  

• Minutes of Proceedings Session 2009-2010

http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/minutes/2007mandate/minutes/2009/100630.htm

• Minutes of Proceedings Session 2007-2008

           http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/minutes/2007mandate/minutes/080701.htm

Appendix C

2nd Mandate Legislation Statistics

Bills introduced session by session

* = This bill was a joint Commission and Committee Bill (Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Bill.

Accelerated Passage Bills session by session

Acts receiving Royal Assent session by session

Acts receiving Royal Assent year by year

Bills introduced and did not receive Royal Assent

Amendments tabled over Mandate

• 43 out of 47 bills that became Acts, had their Committee Stage extended. The 4 bills who did not extend were; Public Health (Amendment) Bill (8/07), Financial Provisions Bill (6/08), Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Bill (3/10).
• 47 out of the 69 bills that were introduced extended their Committee Stage