Northern_Ireland_Affairs_Select_Committee

Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

Add article description


The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee's remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office and its associated public bodies.[1] Select Committees work in both houses and report on governmental departments and economic affairs.[2]

Membership

Following the November 2023 cabinet reshuffle, the previous committee chair was appointed to government, therefore, Sir Robert Buckland was elected as chair of the committee.[3][4][5][6][7] [8]

  1. Suspended from Conservative Party.

Changes since 2019

More information Date, Outgoing member and party ...

2017-2019 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[9][10]

Changes 2017-2019

More information Date, Outgoing member and party ...

2015-2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.[11][12]

Changes 2015-2017

More information Date, Outgoing member and party ...

2010-2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 26 July 2010.[13][14]

Changes 2010-2015

More information Date, Outgoing member and party ...

List of chairs

More information Member, Party ...

See also


References

  1. "Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - role". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. "Select Committees". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. "Sir Robert Buckland to chair NI Affairs Committee". BBC News. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. "Membership - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. "Committees Volume 723: debated on Tuesday 29 November 2022". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022. That Stephanie Peacock be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Tony Lloyd be added.
  6. "Committees Volume 722: debated on Tuesday 8 November 2022". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022. That Mr Gregory Campbell and Fay Jones be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Carla Lockhart and Sir Robert Buckland be added.
  7. "Speaker's Statement Volume 740: debated on Tuesday 14 November 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023. I wish to inform the House that I have received a letter from the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), informing me of his resignation as Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. I therefore declare the Chair vacant. I will announce the arrangements for the election of a new Chair in due course.
  8. "Business without Debate Volume 744: debated on Monday 22 January 2024". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024. That Mr Robin Walker be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Kelly Tolhurst be added.
  9. "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
  10. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
  11. "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
  12. "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 6 July 2015.
  13. "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
  14. "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 514. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 26 July 2010.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Northern_Ireland_Affairs_Select_Committee, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.