The Northern Ireland
Affairs Committee is appointed under Standing Order No 152 to
examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern
Ireland Office; 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).
The Committee consists of
a maximum of thirteen Members, of whom the quorum is four. Unless
the House otherwise orders, all Members nominated to the Committee
continue to be members of it for the remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to
send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any
adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and
to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint persons
with technical knowledge either to supply information which is
not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within
the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to
any other committee appointed under the same Standing Order (or
to the Committee of Public Accounts and to the Deregulation Committee)
its evidence and any other documents relating to matters of common
interest;
(d) to meet concurrently
with any other such Committee for the purposes of deliberating,
taking evidence, or considering draft reports; or with the European
Scrutiny Committee or any Sub-Committee thereof, for the purposes
of deliberating or taking evidence.
The membership of the Committee
since its nomination on 28 July 1997 has been as follows:
Mr Peter Brooke (Chairman)
Mr Harry Barnes
Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Desmond Browne (discharged
9.11.98)
Mr Jeffrey Donaldson
Mr John Grogan
Mr Stephen Hesford (added
19.2.98)
Mr Andrew Hunter
Mr Ken Livingstone (discharged
14.6.99) |
Mr Stephen McCabe (added
9.11.98)
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr Tony McWalter
Ms Margaret Moran (discharged
19.2.98)
Mr Stephen Pound (added
14.6.99)
Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Martin Salter
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