House of Commons - Work of the Committee in Session 2007-08 - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

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Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - First Report
Work of the Committee in Session 2007-08

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 December 2008.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction
2 The Committee's activities in relation to the 'core tasks'

To consider major policy initiatives

Political developments

To consider the Government's response to major emerging issues; and to propose changes where evidence persuades the Committee that present policy requires amendment

Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: The Cost of Policing the Past
The Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday
The Varney Review of tax policy in Northern Ireland

To conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of draft bills
To examine and report on main Estimates, annual expenditure plans and annual resource accounts

Redundant military and police sites

To monitor performance against targets in the public service agreements
To take evidence from each Minister at least annually
To consider the reports of Executive Agencies
To consider, and if appropriate report on, major appointments by the Secretary of State or other senior ministers
To examine treaties within the Committee's subject area
Follow-up of previous recommendations

Organised Crime
Prisons

Annex Sessional Return for the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Appendix 1 Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office on 16 December 2008 in response to Questions from the Committee in connection with recommendations made by the previous Committee
Appendix 2 Letter from Rt Hon The Lord Saville of Newdigate, to the Clerk of the Committee, 24 November 2008
Appendix 3 Letter from Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, to Sir Patrick Cormack MP, Chairman of the Committee, 30 October 2008, re the Cost of Policing the Past
Appendix 4 Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office on 25 November 2008 relating to the 2008-09 Winter Supplementary Estimates.
Appendix 5 Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office on 4 July 2008 in response to Questions from the Committee relating to the Main Estimate 2008/09 and the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007/08
Appendix 6 Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office on 19 May 2008 in response to Questions from the Committee relating to the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007/08
Appendix 7 Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office on 22 April 2008 in response to Questions from the Committee relating to the Autumn Performance Report 2007
Formal Minutes
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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