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