COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
FORESTRY BILL EVIDENCE SESSION
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
MONDAY 1 MARCH 2010
ROOM 30, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS
Present:
Mr Ian Paisley Jnr. MLA (Chairperson)
Mr Tom Elliott MLA (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Willie Clarke MLA
Mr Pat Doherty MP MLA
Mr Jim Shannon MLA
In attendance:
Mr Paul Carlisle (Clerk to the Committee)
Mrs Shauna Mageean (Assistant Assembly Clerk)
Mr Mark O’Hare (Clerical Supervisor)
Mr Michael McCoy (Clerical Officer)
Apologies:
none
12.35pm The meeting commenced in Public Session
1. Apologies
As above
2. Minutes
Agreed: The Committee agreed the Minutes of the meeting of 22 February 2010
3. Forestry Bill: Draft Committee report
The Committee considered the draft Committee Report on the Forestry Bill.
Agreed: Members agreed the Membership and Powers section of the Report.
Agreed: Members agreed the Executive Summary section of the Report, subject to amendments to paragraphs 11 and 16.
Agreed: Members agreed the Recommendations section of the Report.
Agreed: Members agreed the Introduction section of the Report.
Agreed: Members agreed the Summary of the draft Forestry Bill as presented to the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Committee stage section of the Report
Agreed: Members agreed the Summary of Consideration and Agreed Amendments section of the report, subject to amendments to paragraphs 87, 94 and 100.
Agreed: Members agreed the Clause by Clause Scrutiny section of the Report.
Agreed: Members agreed Appendix 1 of the report, ‘Minutes of Proceedings’.
Agreed: Members agreed Appendix 2 of the report, ‘Minutes of Evidence’.
Agreed: Members agreed Appendix 3 of the report, ‘Written Submissions’.
Agreed: Members agreed Appendix 4 of the report, ‘Memoranda and Papers from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’.
Agreed: Members agreed Appendix 5 of the report, “Memoranda and Papers from Others".
Agreed: Members agreed Appendix 6 of the report, ‘List of Witnesses’.
Agreed: Members agreed that the Committee’s Report on the Forestry Bill be printed.
Agreed: Members agreed that the minutes of proceedings of this meeting be included at Appendix 1, upon approval at tomorrow’s meeting
Agreed: Members agreed that the minutes of evidence of this meeting be included in Appendix 2 following circulation by email by the Committee office for immediate approval or amendment.
Agreed: Members also agreed that the Committee’s Report should be laid in manuscript in the Assembly Business Office and that a copy of the report be forwarded to the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in advance of its publication.
1.13pm The meeting was adjourned