Archive Minutes of Evidence

Date Title Action

08/10/2015

Agriculture Committee to Attend Ploughing Championships

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13/10/2015

Committee to host Digital Justice Conference

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Justice will host a ‘Justice in the Digital Age’ conference on 15 October in W5, starting at 2.00pm.

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13/10/2015

Assembly screens films made to mark World Mental Health Day

Reference: SO 05/15/16

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14/10/2015

Public Asked to Give Views on the Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill

The Assembly and Executive Review Committee has announced the beginning of its scrutiny of the Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill. The Private Members’ Bill, introduced by John McCallister MLA, sets as its principal objective the formation of an official Opposition in the Assembly.

Reference: AERC 01/15/16

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20/10/2015

Education Committee to be briefed on Literacy and Numeracy in Schools and Changes to GCSE/A-Level Qualifications

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21/10/2015

Fairer Deal for Farmers a Must Committee Tells Supermarkets

Reference: AGR 02/15/16

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21/10/2015

£8.9 million in grants to housing associations did not result in social housing

The Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has voiced serious concerns over the handling of grants to Housing Associations to purchase land for social housing in a report published today.

Reference: PAC 02/15/16

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23/10/2015

Committee welcomes plan to aid refugees

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister has received a briefing from Departmental officials outlining the Executive’s response to the current global refugee and asylum crisis.

Reference: 01/15/16

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10/11/2015

Speaker announces he will not be seeking re-election to the Assembly

At the start of Assembly business today, the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA, announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the Assembly at the election and consequently would also not be seeking re-election as Speaker.

Reference: SO 06/15/16

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11/11/2015

Parliament Buildings to be Illuminated for Armistice Day

Parliament Buildings will be lit up in red on the evening of Wednesday 11th November 2015 for the first time to mark Armistice Day. It was one of four days the Assembly Commission selected itself for the Building to be illuminated during the year.

Reference: SO 07/15/16

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