Committee Restructuring

The motion

That the Parliament agrees that resolution of the Parliament S1M-37 agreed on 8 June 1999 shall be amended with effect from 8 January 2001 as follows:

Name of Committee: European
Remit: Unchanged.
Maximum number of members: 9.

Name of Committee: Equal Opportunities
Remit: Unchanged.
Maximum number of members: 9.

Name of Committee: Finance
Remit: Unchanged.
Maximum number of members: 7.

Name of Committee: Audit
Remit: Unchanged.
Maximum number of members: 7.

Name of Committee: Health and Community Care
Remit: Unchanged.
Maximum number of members: 9.

Name of Committee: Justice and Home Affairs be renamed Justice I
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice, the reform of the civil and criminal law and such other matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Justice.
Maximum number of members: 7.

Name of Committee: New Committee to be established and named Justice II
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice, the reform of the civil and criminal law and such other matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Justice.
Maximum number of members: 7.

Name of Committee: Education, Culture and Sport
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to school and pre-school education which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs; and on matters relating to the arts, culture and sport which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture.
Maximum number of members: 7.

Name of Committee: Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector be renamed Social Justice
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to housing and the voluntary sector and such other related matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Social Justice.
Maximum number of members: 7.

Name of Committee: Transport and the Environment
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to transport which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Transport; and matters relating to environment and natural heritage which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture.
Maximum number of members: 9.

Name of Committee: Rural Affairs to be renamed Rural Development
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to rural development, agriculture and fisheries and such other related matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Rural Development.
Maximum number of members: 11.

Name of Committee: Local Government
Remit: to consider and report on matters relating to local government and which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Finance and Local Government.
Maximum number of members: 7.

and calls upon the Procedures Committee to bring forward amendments to the Standing Orders to allow substitutes with voting rights to be nominated for each of the committees.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1M-01462 by reference.