Committee for Communities

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The Committee for Communities is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department for Communities and Minister for Communities (currently Gordon Lyons). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new social development legislation.^[1]

Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Social Development.

2022–2027 Assembly

The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.

	Member^[2]	Constituency
Sinn Féin	Colm Gildernew MLA (Chairperson)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sinn Féin	Ciara Ferguson MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Foyle
UUP	Andy Allen MLA	Belfast East
Alliance	Kellie Armstrong MLA	Strangford
DUP	Maurice Bradley MLA	East Londonderry
DUP	Brian Kingston MLA	Belfast North
SDLP	Daniel McCrossan MLA	West Tyrone
Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh MLA	West Tyrone
Alliance	Sian Mulholland MLA	North Antrim

References

^ Social Development Committee - niassembly.gov.uk Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, URL accessed 25 November 2008.
^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

External links

Committee for Social Development

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Committees	Executive Office Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Communities Economy Education Finance Health Infrastructure Justice
Constituencies	Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone
Parties	Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist People Before Profit Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice Ulster Unionist
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Members	1st Assembly (1998–03) 2nd Assembly (2006–07) 3rd Assembly (2007–11) 4th Assembly (2011–16) 5th Assembly (2016–17) 6th Assembly (2017–22) 7th Assembly (2022)
Procedure	Cross-community vote
See also	Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement New Decade, New Approach