Explanatory Memorandum

Commissioner for Older People Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

2011 CHAPTER 1

25 January 2011

Hansard Reports

The following table sets out the dates of the Hansard reports for each stage of the Act’s passage through the Assembly.

STAGEDATE
Committee consideration of draft Bill – briefing from OFMDFM officials on draft Bill1 July 2009
Committee consideration of draft Bill – briefing from OFMDFM officials on draft Bill and consultation document prior to public consultation9 September 2009
Committee consideration of draft Bill – evidence from Dame Joan Harbison, the Older People’s Advocate16 September 2009
Committee consideration of draft Bill – briefing from OFMDFM officials on draft Bill and responses to the  public consultation20 January 2010
Committee consideration of draft Bill –– briefing from OFMDFM officials on changes to the draft Bill following public consultation12 May 2010
Introduction to the Assembly24 May 2010
Second Stage debate7 June 2010
Introduction of the Act to the Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister8 June 2010
Committee stage – evidence from Dame Joan Harbison, the Older People’s Advocate23 June 2010
Committee stage – evidence from the NI Human Rights Commission, Age NI and the Age Sector Platform and the NI Ombudsman30 June 2010
Committee Stage – briefing from Research Officers from the Assembly’s Research and Library Services and evidence from OFMDFM Departmental officials8 September 2010
Committee Stage – briefing from the Assembly’s Legal Services and evidence from OFMDFM Departmental officials15 September 2010
Committee Stage – consideration of sections 1-29, Schedules 1-315 September 2010
Committee Stage – consideration of the long title of the Act29 September 2010
Committee’s report on the Act – Report number 05/10/11R29 September 2010
Consideration Stage in the Assembly16 November 2010
Further Consideration Stage29 November 2010
Final Stage7 December 2010
Royal Assent25 January 2011