Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Committee recommends ‘supermajority’ speaker election to restore Stormont
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has also called for first and deputy first ministers to be rebranded as ‘joint first ministers’.
Leaving ECHR over Rwanda scheme ruling would be foolish, says Tory MP
The chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee said the European Convention on Human Rights underpinned the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Sir Robert Buckland is new chairman of Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
The Tory MP replaces Simon Hoare, who was appointed as a local government minister in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent reshuffle.
RHI boilers left to ‘gather dust’ as businesses return to fossil fuels, MPs told
MPs are investigating the fallout from a Court of Appeal ruling into tariff reductions in the botched Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
Negotiations with DUP over trade border impasse in final phase, MPs told
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris also said he was not minded to change the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement.
Board chiefs quizzed on why they allowed Simon Byrne to resign from PSNI
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee chair Simon Hoare asked if Mr Byrne was given an opportunity which would not be afforded to more junior officers.
Legal advice prevents appointment of temporary PSNI chief constable, MPs told
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been rocked by a series of recent controversies.
Health service in Northern Ireland would ’embarrass a third world country’
Speaking to MPs at a Westminster committee, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the health service in NI had ‘basically collapsed’.
Leadership of PSNI is not at war with itself, senior officer tells MPs
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee heard Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton is to appear before a meeting of the Police Federation on Wednesday.
Policing Board will have to answer questions about PSNI controversies – Hoare
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is investigating a major PSNI data breach.