Tuesday, 18 August 2020
The Assembly met at 12 noon (Speaker [Mr Maskey] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
Members, before we proceed with today's business, I want to acknowledge that this is the first sitting of the Assembly since the sad passing of the late John Hume. I wrote, of course, to express...
Before I move on to the main item of today's business, Members, I will make some introductory remarks on the upcoming debate before formally commencing it shortly. Members will be aware that we...
The current Northern Ireland Assembly was established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement. It was suspended on the 14th of October 2002, and remained suspended until 8th May 2007.
Between 8 May 2006 and 22 November 2006 the Assembly established under the Northern Ireland Act 2006, and between November 2006 and January 2007 the Transitional Assembly created by the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, met in order to prepare for the restoration of devolved government.