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Committee for Justice

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{{Politics of Northern Ireland}}

The Committee for Justice is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Justice and the Minister of Justice (currently Naomi Long).{{cite web |title=Committee for Justice |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2017-2022/justice/ |publisher=NI Assembly |access-date=9 February 2021}} The Committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role with respect to the Department of Justice and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.

The committee was created following the devolution of policing and justice on 12 April 2010, as a result of the Hillsborough Castle Agreement, agreed under the premiership of Gordon Brown on 5 February 2010.{{Cite web|title=House of Commons - The administrative scheme for "on-the-runs" - Northern Ireland Affairs|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmniaf/177/17709.htm|access-date=2021-02-13|website=publications.parliament.uk}}

2022–2027 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.

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colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

! scope="col" | Member{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2022-2027/justice/ |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=13 February 2024}}

! scope="col" |Constituency

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Joanne Bunting MLA (Chairperson)

| Belfast East

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Deirdre Hargey MLA (Deputy Chairperson)

| Belfast South

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Doug Beattie MLA

| Upper Bann

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Maurice Bradley MLA

| East Londonderry

{{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}

| Stewart Dickson MLA

| East Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}}

| Alex Easton MLA

| North Down

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Sinéad Ennis MLA

| South Down

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Ciara Ferguson MLA

| Foyle

{{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}}

| Justin McNulty MLA

| Newry and Armagh

2017–2022 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 22 January 2020.{{cite web |title=COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Thursday 23 January 2020 |url=https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/committees/2017-2022/justice/minutes-of-proceedings/23-january-2020.pdf |website=NI Assembly |access-date=27 April 2024}}

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colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

! scope="col" | Member{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2017-2022/health/membership/ |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=9 March 2022}}

! scope="col" |Constituency

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson)

| Lagan Valley

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Linda Dillon MLA (Deputy Chairperson)

| Mid Ulster

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Doug Beattie MLA

| Upper Bann

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Gordon Dunne MLA

| North Down

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Paul Frew MLA

| North Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Raymond McCartney MLA

| Foyle

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Patsy McGlone MLA

| Mid Ulster

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Pat Sheehan MLA

| Belfast West

{{Party name with colour|Green Party of Northern Ireland}}

| Rachel Woods MLA

| North Down

=Changes 2017–2022=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

3 February 2020

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Raymond McCartney MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Foyle

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

17 February 2020

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Martina Anderson MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Foyle

9 March 2020

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Martina Anderson MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Foyle

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Emma Rogan MLA (Sinn Féin)

| South Down

16 March 2020

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Belfast West

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Jemma Dolan MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

26 May 2020

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)

| Mid Ulster

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Sinéad Bradley MLA (SDLP)

| South Down

3 November 2020

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Karen Mullan MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Foyle

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Belfast West

14 June 2021

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson, DUP)

| Lagan Valley

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Mervyn Storey MLA (Chairperson, DUP)

| North Antrim

rowspan=2 | 21 June 2021

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Paul Frew MLA (DUP)

| North Antrim

| rowspan=2 | →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Robin Newton MLA (DUP)

| Belfast North

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Gordon Dunne MLA (DUP)

| North Down

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Peter Weir MLA (DUP)

| Strangford

2 August 2021

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Linda Dillon MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)

| Mid Ulster

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Sinéad Ennis MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)

| South Down

Source:{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=https://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/committees/details.aspx?cid=136|website=NI Assembly |access-date=27 April 2024}}

2016–2017 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 1 June 2016.{{cite web |title=COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Wednesday 1 June 2016 |url=https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/justice/minutes-of-proceedings/agreed-committee-for-justice-minutes-1-june-2016.pdf |website=NI Assembly |access-date=11 December 2022}}

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colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

! scope="col" | Member{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2017-2022/health/membership/ |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=9 March 2022}}

! scope="col" |Constituency

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Paul Frew MLA (Chairperson)

| North Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson)

| South Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Alex Attwood MLA

| Belfast West

{{Party name with colour|Green Party of Northern Ireland}}

| Clare Bailey MLA

| Belfast South

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Doug Beattie MLA

| Upper Bann

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Roy Beggs Jr MLA

| East Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Michaela Boyle MLA

| West Tyrone

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Sammy Douglas MLA

| Belfast East

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Declan Kearney MLA

| South Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}

| Trevor Lunn MLA

| Lagan Valley

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Pat Sheehan MLA

| Belfast West

2011–2016 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2011–2016 Assembly on 26 May 2011.{{cite web |title=Minutes of Proceedings – 26 May 2011 |url=https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2011-2016/justice/minutes-of-proceedings/session-2011-2012-and-2012-2013/thursday-1/|website=NI Assembly |access-date=27 April 2024}}

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colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

! scope="col" | Member{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=https://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/committees/details.aspx?cid=118 |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=9 March 2022}}

! scope="col" |Constituency

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson)

| Lagan Valley

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson)

| Foyle

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Sydney Anderson MLA

| Upper Bann

{{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}

| Stewart Dickson MLA

| East Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Colum Eastwood MLA

| Foyle

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Seán Lynch MLA

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Alban Maginness MLA

| Belfast North

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Jennifer McCann MLA

| Belfast West

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Basil McCrea MLA

| Lagan Valley

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Peter Weir MLA

| North Down

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Jim Wells MLA

| South Down

=Changes 2011–2016=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

rowspan=2 | 23 April 2012

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Colum Eastwood MLA (SDLP)

| Foyle

| rowspan=2 | →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)

| Mid Ulster

bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Basil McCrea MLA (UUP)

| Lagan Valley

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

10 September 2012

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Jennifer McCann MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Belfast West

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Rosie McCorley MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Belfast West

rowspan=2 | 1 October 2012

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP)

| Upper Bann

| rowspan=2 | →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| William Humphrey MLA (DUP)

| Belfast North

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Peter Weir MLA (DUP)

| North Down

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Alex Easton MLA (DUP)

| North Down

15 September 2013

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Alex Easton MLA (DUP)

| North Down

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP)

| Upper Bann

rowspan=4 | 6 October 2014

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP)

| Upper Bann

| rowspan=4 | →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP)

| Belfast East

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| William Humphrey MLA (DUP)

| Belfast North

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Paul Frew MLA (DUP)

| North Antrim

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Jim Wells MLA (DUP)

| South Down

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Edwin Poots MLA (DUP)

| Lagan Valley

bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Rosie McCorley MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Belfast West

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Fein}}" |

| Chris Hazzard MLA (DUP)

| South Down

10 December 2014

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson, DUP)

| Lagan Valley

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Alastair Ross MLA (Chairperson, DUP)

| East Antrim

30 June 2015

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Neil Somerville MLA (UUP)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

15 September 2015

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Chris Hazzard MLA (Sinn Féin)

| South Down

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| Bronwyn McGahan MLA (Sinn Féin)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

30 November 2015

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Neil Somerville MLA (UUP)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Danny Kennedy MLA (UUP)

| Newry and Armagh

8 February 2016

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)

| Mid Ulster

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Alex Attwood MLA (SDLP)

| Belfast West

2007–2011 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2007–2011 Assembly on 22 April 2010.{{cite web |title=Minutes of Proceedings – 21 April 2010|url=https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2007-2011/committee-for-justice/minutes-of-proceedings/session-2009-2010/22-april-2010/ |website=NI Assembly |access-date=26 April 2024}}

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colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

! scope="col" | Member{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=https://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/committees/details.aspx?cid=136 |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=27 April 2024}}

! scope="col" |Constituency

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Maurice Morrow MLA (Chairperson)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Fein}}

| Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson)

| Foyle

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Jonathan Bell MLA

| Strangford

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Jeffrey Donaldson MLA

| Lagan Valley

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Tom Elliott MLA

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Jeffrey Donaldson MLA

| Lagan Valley

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Dolores Kelly MLA

| Upper Bann

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Alban Maginness MLA

| Belfast North

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| David McNarry MLA

| Strangford

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Carál Ní Chuilín MLA

| Belfast North

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Alastair Ross MLA

| East Antrim

=Changes 2007–2011=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New member and party

! valign="top" | Constituency

25 May 2010

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Dolores Kelly MLA (SDLP)

| Upper Bann

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

| Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP)

| Belfast South

10 June 2010

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Jeffrey Donaldson MLA (DUP)

| Lagan Valley

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

25 June 2010

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Alastair Ross MLA (DUP)

| East Antrim

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

28 June 2010

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Paul Givan MLA (DUP)

| Lagan Valley

21 July 2010

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Jonathan Bell MLA (DUP)

| Strangford

| →

| colspan=3 | Vacant

rowspan=2 | 14 September 2009

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| rowspan=2 | →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Wallace Browne MLA (DUP)

| Belfast East

colspan=3 | Vacant

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

| Tom Buchanan MLA (DUP)

| West Tyrone

9 November 2010

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)

| Fermanagh and South Tyrone

| →

| bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

| Reg Empey MLA (UUP)

| Belfast East

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2017-2022/justice/ Committee for Justice at niassembly.gov.uk]

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