Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - First Report
Work of the Committee 2008-09

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 November 2009.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

1  Introduction

2  The Committee's activities in relation to the 'core tasks'

To consider major policy initiatives
Political developments

Cross-border co-operation between the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

Consultative Group on the Past

A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland

Television Broadcasting in Northern Ireland

Omagh: 10 Years On

The Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday

To conduct scrutiny of draft bills

To examine and report on main Estimates, annual expenditure plans and annual resource accounts

Follow-up of previous recommendations

Organised Crime

3  Annexes  

A. Sessional Return for the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

B. Government Response Table

4   Appendices

1. Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

2. Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, the Prime Minister

3. Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from Michael Cameron, PS to Paul Goggins MP, Minister of State for Northern Ireland

4. Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from the Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

5. Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from Paul Goggins MP, Minister of State for Northern Ireland

6. Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from Paul Goggins MP, Minister of State for Northern Ireland

7. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office relating to the 2008/09 Winter Supplementary Estimates

8. Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Officein relation to the Winter Supplementary Estimate 2008/09

9. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office in response to Questions from the Committee relating to the Main Estimate (ME) 2008/09 and the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007/08

10. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office relating to the Northern Ireland Office Main Estimate 2009/10

11. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office relating to the Winter Supplementary Estimates 2009/10

12. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland Office relating to the 2009 Departmental Annual Report

13. Letter to the Clerk from the Northern Ireland Office

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 15 December 2009