This report was not approved formally by the Committee prior to the suspension of the Assembly on 14 October 2002, but is published by order of the Speaker.

Committee for Social Development

Thursday 26 September 2002

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Housing Bill: 
Committee Stage
(NIA 24/01)

Members present:

Mr Cobain (Chairperson)
Mr G Kelly (Deputy Chairperson)
Sir John Gorman
Mr B Hutchinson
Mrs Nelis
Mr ONeill
Mr S Wilson

Witness:

Mr S Carson ) Department for Social Development

The Chairperson: I welcome Mr Scott Carson from the Department for Social Development. The purpose of the meeting is to continue the clause-by-clause scrutiny of the Housing Bill.

Clause 145 agreed to.

Clauses 146 to 147 referred for further consideration.

Clauses 148 to 150 agreed to.

Schedules 1 to 5 referred for further consideration.

The Chairperson: Is the Department in a position to give us some insight into amendments to the Bill?

Mr Carson: We have about four or five amendments to clauses or schedules that the Committee has already referred for further consideration, so I did not raise them at the time. I was waiting until you came back to the clause to mention the amendments we are proposing. They are fairly minor amendments

The Chairperson: That completes our initial clause-by- clause scrutiny of the Housing Bill. We have identified the need to revisit 103 clauses.

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