Northern Ireland Grand Committee

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The Northern Ireland Grand Committee is one of three such grand committees in the United Kingdom Parliament. The other two are for Scotland and Wales. The membership of the committee includes all participating Northern Irish MPs as well as up to 25 other MPs who are nominated by the Committee of Selection^[1].

The purpose of the committee is to read bills that are relevant to Northern Ireland before their second or third readings in Parliament. It also provides an opportunity for MPs to question ministers, debate current matters and for ministers to make statements. There are between three and six committee meetings per year.

Until recently, unlike its Scottish and Welsh counterparts, the Northern Ireland Grand Committee met at Westminster and never in Northern Ireland. However, the Democratic Unionist Party pressed for a meeting to take place in the province itself ^[2]. The government agreed, and in December 2006 the first and so far only local meeting of the committee took place in the council chamber at Belfast City Hall.

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Northern Ireland Grand Committee Debates by parliamentary year:

v • d • e Current British parliamentary committees

Commons	Departmental: Business and Enterprise • Children, Schools and Families • Communities and Local Government • Culture, Media and Sport • Defence • Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • Foreign Affairs • Health • Home Affairs • Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills • International Development • Justice • Transport • Treasury • Work and Pensions National: Northern Ireland Affairs • Scottish Affairs • Welsh Affairs Topical: Arms Export Controls • Environmental Audit • European Scrutiny • Liaison • Public Accounts • Public Administration • Regulatory Reform • Statutory Instruments Internal: Modernisation of the House of Commons • Standards and Privileges • Procedure • Selection Domestic: Administration • Finance and Services

Lords	Topical: Communications • Constitution • Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform • European Union • Hybrid Instruments • Merits of Statutory Instruments • Regulators • Science and Technology Economic Affairs: Economic Affairs Finance Bill European Union Committee: A • B • C • D • E • F • G Internal: House • Privileges • Procedure • Selection Domestic: Administration and Works • Refreshment

Joint	Consolidation, &c., Bills • Human Rights • Statutory Instruments • Tax Law Rewrite Bills

General	Public bill committee • Delegated Legislation Committees • European Standing Committees • Northern Ireland Grand Committee • Regional Affairs Committee • Scottish Grand Committee • Welsh Grand Committee

Others	Advisory Committee on Works of Art • Ecclesiastical Committee • Members Estimate Committee • Members Estimate Audit Committee • Public Accounts Commission • Joint Committee on Security • Speaker's Committee