The Committee for Finance met on Wednesday 8 December 2021. The Committee received oral evidence as part of the Committee Stage of the Defamation Bill from NUJ, Peter Girvan, Index on Censorship and English PEN. View Agenda
The Committee for Finance met on Monday 6 December 2021 in order to consider evidence on the Non-Domestic Rates Valuation (Coronavirus) Bill. The Committee heard evidence from: Hospitality Ulster, NI Hotels Federation; Federation of Small Businesses; Retail NI; SOLACE and NILGA. View Agenda
The Committee for Finance met on Wednesday 1 December 2021. The Committee received oral evidence as part of the Committee Stage of the Defamation Bill from Paul Tweed, Sam McBride and BBC NI. The Committee also received an oral briefing from the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council on its guide to Northern Ireland public finances. View… Continue Reading Committee for Finance Meeting Wednesday 01 December 2021
https://youtu.be/_Idl4zcJFlc The Committee for Finance met on Wednesday 24 November 2021. The Committee received an oral briefing from the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service on policy challenges including the reform of the NICS and the RHI Action Plan. The Committee also receive oral evidence from Dr Mark Hanna, QUB as part of the… Continue Reading Committee for Finance Meeting Wednesday 24 November 2021
https://youtu.be/Z0CYkH8Fhwg Agenda includes: Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill (NI) – Committee Stage – Agreement of Committee Report RaISe Oral Briefing – Spending Review• Ms Rachel Keyes, Research Officer• Mr Christopher Rothwell, Research Officer Written Briefing – SR 297 The Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 Written Briefing… Continue Reading Committee for Finance Meeting Wednesday 17 November 2021
The Committee met on Wednesday 10 November 2021. The Committee will receive an oral Departmental briefing on the Defamation Bill as part of the Committee Stage. The Committee undertook formal clause by clause scrutiny of the Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill. Officials also briefed the Committee on the detail of the October Monitoring… Continue Reading Committee for Finance Meeting Wednesday 10 November 2021
The Committee for Finance met on Wednesday 3 November 2021. The Committee received an oral Departmental briefing on accelerated passage for the Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) Bill. The Committee also commenced oral evidence taking for the Defamation Bill with a briefing from Professor Scott, LSE.” View Agenda
https://youtu.be/QWQS7LsPFhc The Committee for Finance met on Wednesday 20 October 2021. The Committee undertook further deliberations on the Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill. The Committee also received an oral briefing from Assembly Research on its revised expenditure dashboard. View Agenda
https://youtu.be/t2vhwAZJzXo The Committee for Finance met again on Wednesday 13 October 2021. The Committee received advice from the Assembly Bill Office in closed session on the Committee Stage for the Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill. The Committee received a public oral briefing from the Department of Finance on the feedback to the call… Continue Reading Committee for Finance Meeting Wednesday 13 October 2021
The Committee for Finance met on Wednesday 6 October 2021.The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Finance on the feedback to the consultation on proposed changes to the Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme (Northern Ireland). The Committee also received an oral briefing from Assembly Research on the Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies)… Continue Reading Committee for Finance Meeting Wednesday 06 October 2021