ASSEMBLY AND EXECUTIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
TUESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2010
ROOM 21, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

Present:
Mr Jimmy Spratt (Chairperson)
Mr Alex Maskey (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Jonathan Bell
Mr Fred Cobain
Mr Danny Kennedy
Mr Simon Hamilton
Mr Raymond McCartney
Mr Conall McDevitt
Mr John O’Dowd

In Attendance:
Dr Kevin Pelan (Assembly Clerk)
Ms Linda Gregg (Assistant Assembly Clerk)
Mr Tara McKee (Clerical Supervisor)
Miss Andrienne Magee (Clerical Officer)

The meeting opened at 11.03 am in public session.

1. Apologies

Ms Margaret Ritchie.

Mr Maskey joined the meeting at 11.04 am.

Mr Bell joined the meeting at 11.05 am.

The Chairperson welcomed Mr Jonathan Bell, who replaced Mr Nigel Dodds MP, to his first Committee meeting.

Agreed: Members agreed to send a letter to Mr Dodds acknowledging his valuable contribution to the Committee and wishing him well in the future.

2. Minutes of Proceedings of meeting held on 29 June 2010

Members agreed the Minutes of Proceedings of the meeting held on 29 June 2010.

3. Matters arising

The Chairperson referred Members to the research papers contained in the meeting pack.

Agreed: Members agreed to invite the Researcher to brief the Committee at the meeting on Tuesday 28 September 2010.

4. Chairperson’s Business

None.

5. Forward Work Programme / 6. Correspondence

Some discussion took place on the content of the Forward Work Programme.

Mr Kennedy joined the meeting at 11.10 am.

The Chairperson welcomed the Clerk to his first meeting and him to brief the Committee on correspondence forwarded from the Speaker which he received from the Secretary of State inviting comment on the impact on the Assembly by The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and also the need for the Committee to review sections 16A – 16C of the NI Act 1998.

Agreed: Members agreed that parties would present their views on these two issues by 7 October to allow discussion to take place at the meeting on 12 October 2010.

Agreed: Members agreed to issue a letter to the Speaker acknowledging his letter of 7 September 2010 on Electoral Reform and advising that the Committee had commenced consideration of this matter.

7. End-of-Mandate Report

Agreed: Members agreed that this is an accurate reflection of the work of the Committee over the last year.

8. Any other Business

Agreed: Members agreed that they had no issues to raise regarding their records of attendance at this Committee.

8. Date, time and place of next meeting

The next meeting of the Committee will take place in Room 21 on 28 September 2010 at 11.00 am.

The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 11.23 am.

Mr Jimmy Spratt
Chairperson, Assembly and Executive Review Committee
29 June 2010

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