Committee for Justice

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).^[1] 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.^[2]

2022–2027 Assembly[edit]

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

	Member^[3]	Constituency
DUP	Joanne Bunting MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast East
Sinn Féin	Deirdre Hargey MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Belfast South
Ulster Unionist	Doug Beattie MLA	Upper Bann
DUP	Maurice Bradley MLA	East Londonderry
Alliance	Stewart Dickson MLA	East Antrim
Ind. Unionist	Alex Easton MLA	North Down
Sinn Féin	Sinéad Ennis MLA	South Down
Sinn Féin	Ciara Ferguson MLA	Foyle
Independent Nationalist	Justin McNulty MLA	Newry and Armagh

2017–2022 Assembly[edit]

The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 22 January 2020.^[4]

	Member^[5]	Constituency
DUP	Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson)	Lagan Valley
Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Mid Ulster
Ulster Unionist	Doug Beattie MLA	Upper Bann
DUP	Gordon Dunne MLA	North Down
DUP	Paul Frew MLA	North Antrim
Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney MLA	Foyle
SDLP	Patsy McGlone MLA	Mid Ulster
Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan MLA	Belfast West
Green (NI)	Rachel Woods MLA	North Down

Changes 2017–2022[edit]

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
3 February 2020		Raymond McCartney MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→	Vacant
17 February 2020	Vacant			→		Martina Anderson MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle
9 March 2020		Martina Anderson MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→		Emma Rogan MLA (Sinn Féin)	South Down
16 March 2020		Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→		Jemma Dolan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
26 May 2020		Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)	Mid Ulster	→		Sinéad Bradley MLA (SDLP)	South Down
3 November 2020		Karen Mullan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→		Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West
14 June 2021		Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	Lagan Valley	→		Mervyn Storey MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	North Antrim
21 June 2021		Paul Frew MLA (DUP)	North Antrim	→		Robin Newton MLA (DUP)	Belfast North
21 June 2021		Gordon Dunne MLA (DUP)	North Down	→		Peter Weir MLA (DUP)	Strangford
2 August 2021		Linda Dillon MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	Mid Ulster	→		Sinéad Ennis MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	South Down

Source:^[6]

2016–2017 Assembly[edit]

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 1 June 2016.^[7]

	Member^[8]	Constituency
DUP	Paul Frew MLA (Chairperson)	North Antrim
DUP	Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	South Antrim
SDLP	Alex Attwood MLA	Belfast West
Green (NI)	Clare Bailey MLA	Belfast South
Ulster Unionist	Doug Beattie MLA	Upper Bann
Ulster Unionist	Roy Beggs Jr MLA	East Antrim
Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle MLA	West Tyrone
DUP	Sammy Douglas MLA	Belfast East
Sinn Féin	Declan Kearney MLA	South Antrim
Alliance	Trevor Lunn MLA	Lagan Valley
Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan MLA	Belfast West

2011–2016 Assembly[edit]

The committee met for the first time in the 2011–2016 Assembly on 26 May 2011.^[9]

	Member^[10]	Constituency
DUP	Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson)	Lagan Valley
Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Foyle
DUP	Sydney Anderson MLA	Upper Bann
Alliance	Stewart Dickson MLA	East Antrim
SDLP	Colum Eastwood MLA	Foyle
Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
SDLP	Alban Maginness MLA	Belfast North
Sinn Féin	Jennifer McCann MLA	Belfast West
Ulster Unionist	Basil McCrea MLA	Lagan Valley
DUP	Peter Weir MLA	North Down
DUP	Jim Wells MLA	South Down

Changes 2011–2016[edit]

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency
23 April 2012	Colum Eastwood MLA (SDLP)	Foyle	→	Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)	Mid Ulster
23 April 2012	Basil McCrea MLA (UUP)	Lagan Valley	→	Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
10 September 2012	Jennifer McCann MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→	Rosie McCorley MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West
1 October 2012	Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP)	Upper Bann	→	William Humphrey MLA (DUP)	Belfast North
1 October 2012	Peter Weir MLA (DUP)	North Down	→	Alex Easton MLA (DUP)	North Down
15 September 2013	Alex Easton MLA (DUP)	North Down	→	Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP)	Upper Bann
6 October 2014	Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP)	Upper Bann	→	Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP)	Belfast East
	William Humphrey MLA (DUP)	Belfast North		Paul Frew MLA (DUP)	North Antrim
	Jim Wells MLA (DUP)	South Down		Edwin Poots MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley
	Rosie McCorley MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West		Chris Hazzard MLA (DUP)	South Down
10 December 2014	Paul Givan MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	Lagan Valley	→	Alastair Ross MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	East Antrim
30 June 2015	Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	→	Neil Somerville MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
15 September 2015	Chris Hazzard MLA (Sinn Féin)	South Down	→	Bronwyn McGahan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
30 November 2015	Neil Somerville MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	→	Danny Kennedy MLA (UUP)	Newry and Armagh
8 February 2016	Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP)	Mid Ulster	→	Alex Attwood MLA (SDLP)	Belfast West

2007–2011 Assembly[edit]

The committee met for the first time in the 2007–2011 Assembly on 22 April 2010.^[11]

	Member^[12]	Constituency
DUP	Maurice Morrow MLA (Chairperson)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Foyle
DUP	Jonathan Bell MLA	Strangford
DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson MLA	Lagan Valley
Ulster Unionist	Tom Elliott MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson MLA	Lagan Valley
SDLP	Dolores Kelly MLA	Upper Bann
SDLP	Alban Maginness MLA	Belfast North
Ulster Unionist	David McNarry MLA	Strangford
Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín MLA	Belfast North
DUP	Alastair Ross MLA	East Antrim

Changes 2007–2011[edit]

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
25 May 2010		Dolores Kelly MLA (SDLP)	Upper Bann	→		Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP)	Belfast South
10 June 2010		Jeffrey Donaldson MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley	→	Vacant
25 June 2010		Alastair Ross MLA (DUP)	East Antrim	→	Vacant
28 June 2010	Vacant			→		Paul Givan MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley
21 July 2010		Jonathan Bell MLA (DUP)	Strangford	→	Vacant
14 September 2009	Vacant			→		Wallace Browne MLA (DUP)	Belfast East
14 September 2009	Vacant			→		Tom Buchanan MLA (DUP)	West Tyrone
9 November 2010		Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	→		Reg Empey MLA (UUP)	Belfast East

References[edit]

^ "Committee for Justice". NI Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "House of Commons - The administrative scheme for "on-the-runs" - Northern Ireland Affairs". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Thursday 23 January 2020" (PDF). NI Assembly. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Committee Membership". NI Assembly. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Wednesday 1 June 2016" (PDF). NI Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Minutes of Proceedings – 26 May 2011". NI Assembly. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Minutes of Proceedings – 21 April 2010". NI Assembly. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Committee for Justice". NI Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[2] "House of Commons - The administrative scheme for "on-the-runs" - Northern Ireland Affairs". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[3] "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[4] "COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Thursday 23 January 2020" (PDF). NI Assembly. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[5] "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[6] "Committee Membership". NI Assembly. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[7] "COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Wednesday 1 June 2016" (PDF). NI Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[8] "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[9] "Minutes of Proceedings – 26 May 2011". NI Assembly. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[10] "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[11] "Minutes of Proceedings – 21 April 2010". NI Assembly. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[12] "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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