Official Report (Hansard) Wednesday 25 May 2016 Volume 114, No 2 Session 2016-2017 Contents Executive Committee Business Water and Sewerage Services Bill: Royal Assent ............................................................................. 1 Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill: Royal Assent ............................................................ 1 Budget Bill: Royal Assent .................................................................................................................. 1 Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent ................................................................................... 1 Private Members' Business Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Royal Assent .................................... 1 Executive Committee Business Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill: Royal Assent .......................................... 1 Environmental Better Regulation Bill: Royal Assent.......................................................................... 1 Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill: Royal Assent ........................................................................ 1 Employment Bill: Royal Assent.......................................................................................................... 1 Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill: Royal Assent..................... 1 Housing (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent ......................................................................................... 1 Mental Capacity Bill: Royal Assent .................................................................................................... 1 Rural Needs Bill: Royal Assent.......................................................................................................... 1 Shared Education Bill: Royal Assent ................................................................................................. 1 Justice (No. 2) Bill: Royal Assent ...................................................................................................... 1 Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill: Royal Assent ............................................................................. 1 Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent ............................................ 2 Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill: Royal Assent ............................................................................ 2 Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Royal Assent ....................................................................... 2 Fisheries Bill: Royal Assent ............................................................................................................... 2 Land Acquisition and Compensation (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent ............................................. 2 Private Members' Business Licensing Bill: Royal Assent .............................................................................................................. 2 Assembly Business Committee Membership .................................................................................................................... 2 Minister of Justice .............................................................................................................................. 2 Ministerial Appointments ................................................................................................................... 6 Appointment of Junior Ministers ........................................................................................................ 9 Statutory Committees ........................................................................................................................ 9 Statutory Committees: Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons ..................................................... 9 Standing Committees: Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons ...................................................... 13 Assembly Members Little Pengelly, Mrs Emma (South Belfast) Agnew, Steven (North Down) Lockhart, Ms Carla (Upper Bann) Aiken, Steve (South Antrim) Logan, Phillip (North Antrim) Allen, Andy (East Belfast) Long, Mrs Naomi (East Belfast) Allister, Jim (North Antrim) Lunn, Trevor (Lagan Valley) Anderson, Sydney (Upper Bann) Lynch, Seán (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Archibald, Ms Caoimhe (East Londonderry) Lyons, Gordon (East Antrim) Armstrong, Ms Kellie (Strangford) Lyttle, Chris (East Belfast) Attwood, Alex (West Belfast) McAleer, Declan (West Tyrone) Bailey, Ms Clare (South Belfast) McCann, Eamonn (Foyle) Barton, Mrs Rosemary (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) McCann, Fra (West Belfast) Beattie, Doug (Upper Bann) McCann, Ms Jennifer (West Belfast) Beggs, Roy (East Antrim) McCartney, Raymond (Foyle) Bell, Jonathan (Strangford) McCausland, Nelson (North Belfast) Boylan, Cathal (Newry and Armagh) McCrossan, Daniel (West Tyrone) Boyle, Ms Michaela (West Tyrone) McElduff, Barry (West Tyrone) Bradley, Maurice (East Londonderry) McGlone, Patsy (Mid Ulster) Bradley, Ms Paula (North Belfast) McGrath, Colin (South Down) Bradley, Mrs Sinead (South Down) McGuinness, Martin (Foyle) Bradshaw, Ms Paula (South Belfast) McIlveen, Miss Michelle (Strangford) Buchanan, Keith (Mid Ulster) McKay, Daithí (North Antrim) Buchanan, Thomas (West Tyrone) McKee, Harold (South Down) Bunting, Ms Joanne (East Belfast) McMullan, Oliver (East Antrim) Butler, Robbie (Lagan Valley) McNulty, Justin (Newry & Armagh) Cameron, Mrs Pam (South Antrim) McPhillips, Richie (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Carroll, Gerry (West Belfast) McQuillan, Adrian (East Londonderry) Chambers, Alan (North Down) Mallon, Ms Nichola (North Belfast) Clarke, Trevor (South Antrim) Maskey, Alex (West Belfast) Dickson, Stewart (East Antrim) Middleton, Gary (Foyle) Dillon, Ms Linda (Mid Ulster) Milne, Ian (Mid Ulster) Dobson, Mrs Jo-Anne (Upper Bann) Morrow, The Lord (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Douglas, Sammy (East Belfast) Mullan, Gerry (East Londonderry) Dunne, Gordon (North Down) Murphy, Conor (Newry and Armagh) Durkan, Mark (Foyle) Nesbitt, Mike (Strangford) Easton, Alex (North Down) Newton, Robin (Speaker) Eastwood, Colum (Foyle) Ní Chuilín, Ms Carál (North Belfast) Farry, Stephen (North Down) Ó Muilleoir, Máirtín (South Belfast) Fearon, Ms Megan (Newry and Armagh) O'Dowd, John (Upper Bann) Ford, David (South Antrim) O'Neill, Mrs Michelle (Mid Ulster) Foster, Mrs Arlene (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Overend, Mrs Sandra (Mid Ulster) Frew, Paul (North Antrim) Palmer, Mrs Jenny (Lagan Valley) Gildernew, Ms Michelle (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Poots, Edwin (Lagan Valley) Girvan, Paul (South Antrim) Robinson, George (East Londonderry) Givan, Paul (Lagan Valley) Ross, Alastair (East Antrim) Hale, Mrs Brenda (Lagan Valley) Ruane, Ms Caitríona (South Down) Hamilton, Simon (Strangford) Seeley, Ms Catherine (Upper Bann) Hanna, Ms Claire (South Belfast) Sheehan, Pat (West Belfast) Hazzard, Chris (South Down) Smith, Philip (Strangford) Hilditch, David (East Antrim) Stalford, Christopher (South Belfast) Humphrey, William (North Belfast) Storey, Mervyn (North Antrim) Hussey, Ross (West Tyrone) Sugden, Ms Claire (East Londonderry) Irwin, William (Newry and Armagh) Swann, Robin (North Antrim) Kearney, Declan (South Antrim) Weir, Peter (North Down) Kelly, Gerry (North Belfast) Wells, Jim (South Down) Kennedy, Danny (Newry and Armagh) Northern Ireland Assembly Wednesday 25 May 2016 The Assembly met at 12.00 noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence. Executive Committee Legal Complaints and Regulation Business Bill: Royal Assent Water and Sewerage Services Bill: Mr Speaker: I wish to inform Members that the Royal Assent Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Special Educational Needs and Environmental Better Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the Legal Complaints and Disability Bill: Royal Assent Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 became law on 11 April 2016. Budget Bill: Royal Assent Employment Bill: Royal Assent Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill: Mr Speaker: I wish to inform Members that 22 Royal Assent Bills received Royal Assent. The Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Special Educational Needs and Mr Speaker: I wish to inform Members that the Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the the Credit Unions and Co-operative and Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 became law on 23 March 2016. Ireland) 2016 became law on 22 April 2016. Housing (Amendment) Bill: Royal Private Members' Business Assent Assembly and Executive Reform Mental Capacity Bill: Royal Assent (Assembly Opposition) Bill: Royal Assent Rural Needs Bill: Royal Assent Mr Speaker: I wish to inform Members that the Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Shared Education Bill: Royal Assent Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 became law on 23 March 2016. Mr Speaker: I wish to inform the Assembly that the Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Mental Capacity Act Executive Committee (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the Shared Business Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 became law on 9 May 2016. Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill: Royal Assent Justice (No. 2) Bill: Royal Assent Environmental Better Regulation Houses in Multiple