PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUBGROUP ON POLICING AND JUSTICE MATTERS

Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 16 January 2007 in Room 144, Parliament Buildings.

In the Chair: William Hay

Present: Alex Attwood
Arlene Foster
Danny Kennedy
Raymond McCartney
Ian Paisley Jnr

In Attendance: Martin Wilson (Principal Clerk)
Christine Darrah (Assembly Clerk)
Neil Currie (Assistant Clerk)
Paul Woods (Clerical Officer)
Patricia Casey (Senior Researcher)

Observing: Michelle McDermott (Sinn Fein researcher)

The meeting commenced at 2.34pm.

1. Apologies

Fred Cobain (Mr Kennedy attended the meeting as UUP representative in place of Mr Cobain)

Gerry Kelly

Kathy Stanton (Mr McCartney attended the meeting as SF representative in place of Ms Stanton)

2. Declaration of Interests

Members declared the following interests:

3. Previous Minutes

The minutes of the meetings of 9 January 2007 and 11/15 January 2007 were agreed.

4. Consideration of the draft Addendum to the Subgroup’s Report on Policing and Justice matters

Members considered the draft Addendum to the Subgroup’s report on Policing and Justice matters to the Committee on the Programme for Government on a ‘paragraph-by-paragraph’ basis as follows:

Front Page and Contents Page

Agreed
Introduction

 
Paragraphs 1 to 3

Agreed
Consideration of proposed ministerial structure
and appointment arrangements

 
Paragraphs 4 to 7 Agreed
Paragraph 8 Agreed as amended
Paragraphs 9 and 10

Agreed
Consideration of the timing of devolution of
policing and justice

 
Paragraphs 11 to 13 Agreed
Paragraph 14 Agreed as amended
Paragraphs 15 and 16

Agreed
List of letters/papers received and witnesses
who gave oral evidence to the Subgroup
Agreed as amended
Conclusions Table Agreed

Members then agreed the Addendum to the Subgroup’s report on Policing and Justice matters to the Committee on the Programme for Government.

5. Minutes of the meeting of 16 January 2007

The Subgroup agreed that it was content for the Chairperson to approve the minutes of the meeting of 16 January to facilitate their inclusion in the Addendum to the report.

6. Date of Next Meeting

As the work of the Subgroup had now been completed, the Chairperson thanked members for their attendance at the meetings and for their contributions to the work of the Subgroup.

The meeting adjourned at 3.03pm.

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