Office of the Speaker |
COMMITTEE ON THE PREPARATION FOR GOVERNMENT Assembly Committee to meet with the Secretary of StateThe Assembly Committee on the Preparation for Government has arranged to meet with the Rt Hon Mr Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State, in public session on 18 September 2006 at 10.00am in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings. The Committee asked for the meeting to discuss a range of matters arising from its recent work on Law and Order issues. Note to the Editor: A record of the Committee’s discussions can be found on the Assembly website archive.niassembly.gov.uk/theassembly BACKGROUND INFORMATION Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 2006, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, wrote to Mrs Eileen Bell, Speaker of the Assembly, on 26 May 2006 to direct that a Committee should be established to consider issues relating to the preparation for Government. On 12 June 2006, the Secretary of State directed that the Committee should be chaired by the deputy presiding officers, Mr Jim Wells and Mr Francie Molloy. |