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This Bill is designed to assist with the devolution of policing and justice to Northern Ireland by making amendments to the Northern Ireland Act 1998. These amendments add to the options for appointing the Policing and Justice Minister already set out in the 1998 Act. It also provides for changes to the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 and the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 in respect of judicial appointments and removals.
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This note aims to give an update on the political events in Northern Ireland since April 2008.
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This note offers a summary of developments in Northern Ireland since November 2007.
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This paper has been superseded by Research Paper 12/43, UK Election Statistics: 1918-2012.
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This note offers a summary of developments in Northern Ireland since March 2007.
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This standard note summarises the powers and work of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales and compares those powers and that work.
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This note gives an account of developments at Westminster on the subject of devolution covering the period from January 2007 to June 2007.
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This Standard Note summarises the results of the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2007; the nomination of the First Minister and formation of the Welsh Assembly Government and recent developments in the National Assembly for Wales, including the election of the Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer, the election of the Assembly Commission and the setting up of committees. It also looks at the way in which the Assembly will be able to acquire new powers (via Legislative Competence Orders) to pass legislation called Assembly Measures.
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Scottish Parliament election: 3 May 2007. House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/46
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This Note examines the Commission's recommendations and subsequent consideration of the report by the House of Commons. Details of the Government's response to the report are also given.
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This Note summarises developments since February 2007 in Northern Ireland.
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