8.The following table sets out the dates of the Hansard reports for each stage of the Act’s passage through the Assembly.
| STAGE | DATE |
|---|---|
| Introduction to the Assembly | 8 June 2010 |
| Second Stage debate | 22 June 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Departmental briefing on the provisions of the Act | 9 September 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Sessions with Children in Northern Ireland, Voice of Young People in Care and NSPCC | 16 September 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Sessions with Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust | 23 September 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Sessions with Bradford Safeguarding Children Board, Professor Jan Horwath and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) | 30 September 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Session with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland and the Youth Justice Agency | 7 October 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Session with Departmental Officials to discuss sections 1 to 4 | 14 October 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Session with Departmental Officials to discuss sections 5 to 18 | 21 October 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Evidence Session with Departmental Officials to discuss proposed amendments | 4 November 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Formal Consideration of sections. | 11 November 2010 |
| Committee Stage - Formal Consideration of sections. | 18 November 2010 |
| Committee’s report on the Act - Report number 22/10/11R | 25 November 2010 |
| Consideration Stage in the Assembly | 14 December 2010 |
| Further Consideration Stage | 17 January 2011 |
| Final Stage | 25 January 2011 |
| Royal Assent | 10 February 2011 |