Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

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]

Northern Ireland

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Northern Ireland
Executive Executive Committee First Minister Arlene Foster deputy^a First Minister Michelle O'Neill Civil Service Government departments ^a Lowercase "d" per here.
Assembly Speaker Alex Maskey MLA Acts Committees Statutory rules Members (MLA)
Law Supreme Court (UK) Courts of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland in the UK Her Majesty's Government Northern Ireland Office Secretary of State Rt. Hon. Brandon Lewis MP Parliament of the United Kingdom Direct rule Grand Committee Select Committee Elections Current MPs for Westminster
Local government Administrative divisions Counties Districts
Other countries

Membership

As at May 2020, the Committee's membership is as follows:[3]

	Party	Constituency
Simon Hoare MP (Chair)	Conservative	North Dorset
Gregory Campbell MP	Democratic Unionist	East Londonderry
Caroline Ansell MP	Conservative	Eastbourne
Karin Smyth MP	Labour	Bristol South
Claire Hanna MP	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Belfast South
Stephen Farry MP	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	North Down
Robert Goodwill MP	Conservative	Scarborough and Whitby
Conor McGinn MP	Labour	St Helens North
Ian Paisley, Jr. MP	Democratic Unionist	North Antrim
Scott Benton MP	Conservative	Blackpool South
Bob Stewart MP	Conservative	Beckenham

List of chairs

	Party	Constituency	Term	Parliament
Patrick Cormack	Conservative	South Staffordshire	2005 – 12 April 2010	54th Parliament
Laurence Robertson	Conservative	Tewkesbury	9 June 2010 – 12 July 2017	55th and 56th Parliament
Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	12 July 2017 – 9 May 2019	57th Parliament
Kate Hoey	Labour	Vauxhall	15 May 2019 – 12 June 2019	57th Parliament
Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	12 June 2019 to present	57th and 58th Parliament

References

"Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - role". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
"Select Committees". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
"Membership - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

External links

Current parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Housing, Communities and Local Government Defence Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Education Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Future Relationship with the European Union Health and Social Care Home Affairs International Development International Trade Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated legislation committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee Legislative grand committee
Internal	Administration Finance Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards Privileges Works of Art
Statutory	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union International Relations and Defence Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders
Internal	Lords Commission Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection
Domestic	Services Committee Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
Statutory	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

Devolution in the United Kingdom

Devolved areas

National level	Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Regional level (in England)	Combined authorities Directly elected mayoralties Greater London Authority

Referendums¹

English mayoral referendums
- London
- 1998
- 2012
North East England
- 2004
Northern Ireland
- 1998
Scotland
- 1979
- 1997
Wales
- 1979
- 1997
- 2011

Heads of devolved
governments

Devolved legislatures²

Devolved administrations³

Organisations and laws
of the legislatures and
governments of the UK
and the devolved areas

Commissions (UK Parliament)	Kilbrandon Commission Holtham Commission Silk Commission McKay Commission
Commissions (devolved legislatures)	Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament Richard Commission Holtham Commission Thomas Commission Scottish Parliament Calman Commission Smith Commission
Referendum and devolution acts	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998 Greater London Authority Acts 1999 2007 Northern Ireland Acts 1998 2006 Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997 Wales Acts 1998 2006 2014 2017 Scotland Acts 1998 2012 2016
Select committees	Northern Ireland Affairs Scottish Affairs Welsh Affairs
Grand committees	Legislative Grand Committee Northern Ireland Scottish Welsh
Departments and Territorial Offices (MOJ)	Cabinet Office - Devolution Secretariat Ministry of Justice - Devolution Directorate-General Office of the Advocate General for Scotland Northern Ireland Office Scotland Office Wales Office

Elections

Current	Agreements/Treaties Anglo-Irish Treaty Good Friday Agreement Budget Barnett formula Block grant Constitution of the United Kingdom Reserved and excepted matters West Lothian question
Proposals	Cornwall Cornish Assembly Cornish Constitutional Convention Mebyon Kernow Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament Devolved English parliament Federalism in the United Kingdom Campaign for an English Parliament Northern England Campaign for the North Yorkshire Party Other parts of Southern England Wessex Regionalist Party Scotland Full fiscal autonomy
Historical	Administrations of England English Regional Assemblies, 1998-2010 Administrations of London London County Council Greater London Council Administrations of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1974 Legislatures of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1973–74 1982–86 Northern Ireland-related legislation of the UK Parliament Ireland, 1886 Ireland, 1893 Ireland, 1914 Ireland, 1920 Irish Free State, 1922 Northern Ireland, 1974 Irish Home Rule movement Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Scotland Act 1978 Scottish Office Sunningdale Agreement Wales Act 1978 Welsh Office

1. Rejected referendums are italicised. The others were fully or partially approved.
2. There is no law-making body for any regionally devolved area.
3. Administrations of regionally devolved areas are omitted.

Category

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

Membership

List of chairs

See also

References

External links