Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Sir Patrick Cormack MP (Chairman)

Welcome to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee website.

The Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office.

The Committee also looks at the administration and expenditure of the Crown Solicitor’s Office (but excluding individual cases and advice given by the Crown Solicitor) and other matters within the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (but excluding the expenditure, administration and policy of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland and the drafting of legislation by the Office of the Legislative Counsel).

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What's New

• Report Published on Television Broadcasting in Northern Ireland: TV tunes out of Northern Ireland say MPs

• Devolution of Policing and Justice: The Committee will hold oral evidence session on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 January in Northern Ireland

• Forensic Science in Northern Ireland: The Committee held an evidence session with Mr Stan Brown, Chief Executive, Mr Peter Connon, Acting Finance Director, and Ms Clare Dornan, Aide to Chief Executive, Forensic Science for Northern Ireland and Brian Grzymek, Deputy Director, Criminal Justice, Northern Ireland Office on Wednesday 20 January.  Watch

• The work of the Consultative Group on the Past in Northern Ireland: Publication of Report

• The work of the Committee in 2008-09: Publication of Report

• Television Broadcasting in Northern Ireland:  The Committee held an evidence session with Richard Williams, Chief Executive, and Rick Hill, Chairman, Northern Ireland Screen, Trevor Birney, Managing Director, Below the Radar and Paul Connolly, Group Managing Editor, Independent News and Media (NI). Watch

• Omagh: a decade after the bomb: The Committee held an evidence session with Mr Norman Baxter, former Head of the Serious Crime Branch, Police Service of Northern Ireland, and Mr David McWilliams, former Detective Chief Inspector, Police Service of Northern Ireland on Wednesday 11 November. Watch

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Current Inquiries

• Consultative Group on the Past

• Human Rights Bill for Northern Ireland

• Omagh: a decade after the bomb

• Television Broadcasting in Northern Ireland

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Previous Inquiries

• Cross-border co-operation

• Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland

• The Northern Ireland Prison Service

• Tourism and its Economic Impact and Benefits

• Community Restorative Justice

• Organised Crime in Northern Ireland