Hansard Reports
6.The following table sets out the dates of the Hansard reports for each stage of the Act’s passage through the Assembly.
| STAGE | DATE |
|---|---|
| Briefing on the proposed Bill to the Committee for Social Development | 6 November 2014 |
| First Stage | 10 November 2014 |
| Second Stage | 18 November 2014 |
| Committee Stage – Departmental briefing | 25 November 2014 |
| Committee Stage – evidence from Northern Ireland Committee, Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance | 2 December 2015 |
| Committee Stage – Departmental briefing | 9 December 2015 |
| Committee Stage – evidence from the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland | 13 January 2015 |
| Committee Stage – evidence from Cruse Bereavement Care and Childhood Bereavement Network | 22 January 2015 |
| Committee Stage – Departmental briefing | 29 January 2015 |
| Committee Stage – clause by clause scrutiny | 5 February 2015 |
| Committee’s report on the Act – Report Number NIA 229/11-16 | 19 February 2015 |
| Consideration Stage | 24 March 2015 |
| Further Consideration Stage | 21 April 2015 |
| Final Stage | 11 May 2015 |
| Royal Assent | 23 June 2015 |
