The Committee for Communities is a
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly (; ), often referred to by the metonym ''Stormont'', is the devolved unicameral legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliam ...
committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the
Department for Communities
The Department for Communities (DfC, Irish Language, Irish: ''An Roinn Pobal''; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster Scots: ''Depairtment fur Commonities'') is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The m ...
and Minister for Communities (currently
Gordon Lyons). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new
social development legislation.
Social Development Committee - niassembly.gov.uk
, URL accessed 25 November 2008.
Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Social Development.
2022–2027 Assembly
The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.
See also
* Committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...
References
External links
Committee for Social Development
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Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary committees