Northern Ireland Assembly Committee on Standards and Privileges

The Northern Ireland Committee on Standards and Privileges is appointed by the Northern Ireland Assembly to oversee the work of the Commissioner for Standards at the Northern Ireland Assembly.

History

The committee was created in 1999 as implementation of schedule 6 the Northern Ireland Act 1998: "preventing conduct which would constitute a criminal offence or contempt of court" and a "a sub judice rule."^[1] Following the Belfast Agreement, a committee on standards and privileges was established under the standing orders of the Northern Ireland Assembly^[2]

2022–2027 Assembly

The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 21 February 2024.

Party		Member[3]	Constituency
	Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast North
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	East Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Jemma Dolan MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	DUP	Brian Kingston MLA	Belfast North
	Alliance	Connie Egan MLA	North Down
	DUP	Paul Frew MLA	North Antrim
	DUP	Harry Harvey MLA	Mid Ulster
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Mason MLA	South Down
	SDLP	Colin McGrath MLA	South Down

External links

• The Committee's website