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The Committee for Justice is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Justice and the Minister of Justice (currently Naomi Long). [1] The Committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role with respect to the Department of Justice and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.
The committee was created following the devolution of policing and justice on 12 April 2010, as a result of the Hillsborough Castle Agreement, agreed under the premiership of Gordon Brown on 5 February 2010. [2]
The committee met for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.
Party | Member [3] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Joanne Bunting MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast East | |
Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Belfast South | |
UUP | Doug Beattie MLA | Upper Bann | |
DUP | Maurice Bradley MLA | East Londonderry | |
Alliance | Stewart Dickson MLA | East Antrim | |
Ind. Unionist | Alex Easton MLA | North Down | |
Sinn Féin | Sinéad Ennis MLA | South Down | |
Sinn Féin | Ciara Ferguson MLA | Foyle | |
Independent Nationalist | Justin McNulty MLA | Newry and Armagh |
The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 22 January 2020. [4]
Party | Member [5] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson) | Lagan Valley | |
Sinn Féin | Linda Dillon MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Mid Ulster | |
UUP | Doug Beattie MLA | Upper Bann | |
DUP | Gordon Dunne MLA | North Down | |
DUP | Paul Frew MLA | North Antrim | |
Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney MLA | Foyle | |
SDLP | Patsy McGlone MLA | Mid Ulster | |
Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan MLA | Belfast West | |
Green (NI) | Rachel Woods MLA | North Down |
Source: [6]
The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 1 June 2016. [7]
Party | Member [8] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Frew MLA (Chairperson) | North Antrim | |
DUP | Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | South Antrim | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood MLA | Belfast West | |
Green (NI) | Clare Bailey MLA | Belfast South | |
UUP | Doug Beattie MLA | Upper Bann | |
UUP | Roy Beggs Jr MLA | East Antrim | |
Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle MLA | West Tyrone | |
DUP | Sammy Douglas MLA | Belfast East | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kearney MLA | South Antrim | |
Alliance | Trevor Lunn MLA | Lagan Valley | |
Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan MLA | Belfast West |
The committee met for the first time in the 2011–2016 Assembly on 26 May 2011. [9]
Party | Member [10] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson) | Lagan Valley | |
Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Foyle | |
DUP | Sydney Anderson MLA | Upper Bann | |
Alliance | Stewart Dickson MLA | East Antrim | |
SDLP | Colum Eastwood MLA | Foyle | |
Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
SDLP | Alban Maginness MLA | Belfast North | |
Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann MLA | Belfast West | |
UUP | Basil McCrea MLA | Lagan Valley | |
DUP | Peter Weir MLA | North Down | |
DUP | Jim Wells MLA | South Down |
The committee met for the first time in the 2007–2011 Assembly on 22 April 2010. [11]
Party | Member [12] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Maurice Morrow MLA (Chairperson) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Foyle | |
DUP | Jonathan Bell MLA | Strangford | |
DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson MLA | Lagan Valley | |
UUP | Tom Elliott MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson MLA | Lagan Valley | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly MLA | Upper Bann | |
SDLP | Alban Maginness MLA | Belfast North | |
UUP | David McNarry MLA | Strangford | |
Sinn Féin | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA | Belfast North | |
DUP | Alastair Ross MLA | East Antrim |
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 May 2010 | Dolores Kelly MLA ( SDLP) | Upper Bann | → | Conall McDevitt MLA ( SDLP) | Belfast South | ||
10 June 2010 | Jeffrey Donaldson MLA ( DUP) | Lagan Valley | → | Vacant | |||
25 June 2010 | Alastair Ross MLA ( DUP) | East Antrim | → | Vacant | |||
28 June 2010 | Vacant | → | Paul Givan MLA ( DUP) | Lagan Valley | |||
21 July 2010 | Jonathan Bell MLA ( DUP) | Strangford | → | Vacant | |||
14 September 2009 | Vacant | → | Wallace Browne MLA ( DUP) | Belfast East | |||
Vacant | Tom Buchanan MLA ( DUP) | West Tyrone | |||||
9 November 2010 | Tom Elliott MLA ( UUP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | → | Reg Empey MLA ( UUP) | Belfast East |
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The Committee for Justice is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Justice and the Minister of Justice (currently Naomi Long). [1] The Committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role with respect to the Department of Justice and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.
The committee was created following the devolution of policing and justice on 12 April 2010, as a result of the Hillsborough Castle Agreement, agreed under the premiership of Gordon Brown on 5 February 2010. [2]
The committee met for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.
Party | Member [3] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Joanne Bunting MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast East | |
Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Belfast South | |
UUP | Doug Beattie MLA | Upper Bann | |
DUP | Maurice Bradley MLA | East Londonderry | |
Alliance | Stewart Dickson MLA | East Antrim | |
Ind. Unionist | Alex Easton MLA | North Down | |
Sinn Féin | Sinéad Ennis MLA | South Down | |
Sinn Féin | Ciara Ferguson MLA | Foyle | |
Independent Nationalist | Justin McNulty MLA | Newry and Armagh |
The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 22 January 2020. [4]
Party | Member [5] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson) | Lagan Valley | |
Sinn Féin | Linda Dillon MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Mid Ulster | |
UUP | Doug Beattie MLA | Upper Bann | |
DUP | Gordon Dunne MLA | North Down | |
DUP | Paul Frew MLA | North Antrim | |
Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney MLA | Foyle | |
SDLP | Patsy McGlone MLA | Mid Ulster | |
Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan MLA | Belfast West | |
Green (NI) | Rachel Woods MLA | North Down |
Source: [6]
The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 1 June 2016. [7]
Party | Member [8] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Frew MLA (Chairperson) | North Antrim | |
DUP | Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | South Antrim | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood MLA | Belfast West | |
Green (NI) | Clare Bailey MLA | Belfast South | |
UUP | Doug Beattie MLA | Upper Bann | |
UUP | Roy Beggs Jr MLA | East Antrim | |
Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle MLA | West Tyrone | |
DUP | Sammy Douglas MLA | Belfast East | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kearney MLA | South Antrim | |
Alliance | Trevor Lunn MLA | Lagan Valley | |
Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan MLA | Belfast West |
The committee met for the first time in the 2011–2016 Assembly on 26 May 2011. [9]
Party | Member [10] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson) | Lagan Valley | |
Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Foyle | |
DUP | Sydney Anderson MLA | Upper Bann | |
Alliance | Stewart Dickson MLA | East Antrim | |
SDLP | Colum Eastwood MLA | Foyle | |
Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
SDLP | Alban Maginness MLA | Belfast North | |
Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann MLA | Belfast West | |
UUP | Basil McCrea MLA | Lagan Valley | |
DUP | Peter Weir MLA | North Down | |
DUP | Jim Wells MLA | South Down |
The committee met for the first time in the 2007–2011 Assembly on 22 April 2010. [11]
Party | Member [12] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
DUP | Maurice Morrow MLA (Chairperson) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
Sinn Féin | Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Foyle | |
DUP | Jonathan Bell MLA | Strangford | |
DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson MLA | Lagan Valley | |
UUP | Tom Elliott MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson MLA | Lagan Valley | |
SDLP | Dolores Kelly MLA | Upper Bann | |
SDLP | Alban Maginness MLA | Belfast North | |
UUP | David McNarry MLA | Strangford | |
Sinn Féin | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA | Belfast North | |
DUP | Alastair Ross MLA | East Antrim |
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 May 2010 | Dolores Kelly MLA ( SDLP) | Upper Bann | → | Conall McDevitt MLA ( SDLP) | Belfast South | ||
10 June 2010 | Jeffrey Donaldson MLA ( DUP) | Lagan Valley | → | Vacant | |||
25 June 2010 | Alastair Ross MLA ( DUP) | East Antrim | → | Vacant | |||
28 June 2010 | Vacant | → | Paul Givan MLA ( DUP) | Lagan Valley | |||
21 July 2010 | Jonathan Bell MLA ( DUP) | Strangford | → | Vacant | |||
14 September 2009 | Vacant | → | Wallace Browne MLA ( DUP) | Belfast East | |||
Vacant | Tom Buchanan MLA ( DUP) | West Tyrone | |||||
9 November 2010 | Tom Elliott MLA ( UUP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | → | Reg Empey MLA ( UUP) | Belfast East |