Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Commons select committee, since 16 November 1994. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office and its associated public bodies.

Inquiries

Pensions Credit uptake in Northern Ireland (19 October 2026)
The taxation of the hospitality and tourism sectors in Northern Ireland (9 July 2026)
Public disorder and irregular migration in Northern Ireland (23 June 2026)
Northern Ireland Executive Finances (16 June 2026)
Stormont reform (8 June 2026)
The Peter May Review of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (20 May 2026)
Reconciliation (20 April 2026)
Energy costs in Northern Ireland (14 April 2026)
Operation Kenova: final report (10 December 2025)
Local Growth Fund (16 October 2025)
Policing and security in Northern Ireland (24 September 2025)
The environmental situation at Lough Neagh (10 September 2025)
Economic growth in Northern Ireland: new and emerging sectors (10 July 2025)
Ending violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland (10 June 2025)
The surveillance of journalists and press freedoms in NI (15 January 2025)
Conduct of elections in Northern Ireland (17 December 2024)
The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland (17 December 2024 to 12 February 2026)
The operation of the Windsor Framework (11 December 2024)
Funding and delivery of public services: follow up (4 December 2024 to 19 June 2025)
Impact of the Autumn Budget on the farming sector in Northern Ireland (29 November 2024 to 11 December 2024)
Work of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (31 October 2024)
ECHR (22 April 2024 to 24 May 2024)
Operation Kenova (21 March 2024 to 24 May 2024)
Defence Spending in Northern Ireland (5 February 2024 to 24 May 2024)
Renewable Energy and Net Zero in Northern Ireland (13 December 2023 to 23 May 2024)
Integrated Education (29 November 2023 to 23 May 2024)
Victims' Payments Board (17 November 2023 to 6 March 2024)
Renewable Heat Incentive - recent developments (11 October 2023 to 29 November 2023)
PSNI data breaches (29 August 2023 to 20 December 2023)
The funding and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland (14 February 2023 to 28 May 2024)
The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (31 October 2022 to 17 April 2024)
Census 2021: implications for Northern Ireland (21 October 2022 to 6 December 2022)
Cost of Living in Northern Ireland (14 September 2022 to 1 February 2023)
Implications of the Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland (31 August 2022 to 25 January 2023)
East-West Relations (29 June 2022 to 20 July 2022)
The effect of paramilitary activity and organised crime on society in Northern Ireland (30 March 2022 to 28 May 2024)
Levelling Up and Northern Ireland (29 March 2022 to 8 June 2022)
Tourism and the Common Travel Area (29 March 2022 to 1 June 2022)
The work of the Department for International Trade in Northern Ireland (7 March 2022 to 10 November 2022)
New Decade, New Approach: two years on (18 January 2022 to 6 April 2022)
Australia, New Zealand free trade agreements: effect on NI (30 November 2021 to 9 February 2022)
Investment in Northern Ireland (9 November 2021 to 12 October 2023)
UK immigration policy and the Common Travel Area (18 October 2021 to 15 February 2022)
The Dunlop Review and the UK Government’s union capability (28 April 2021 to 1 June 2021)
The experiences of minority ethnic and migrant people in Northern Ireland (19 April 2021 to 17 April 2024)
Compensation for victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA attacks (3 March 2021 to 28 May 2024)
Work of the Veterans' Commissioner for Northern Ireland (26 January 2021 to 17 February 2021)
Citizenship and Passport Processes in Northern Ireland (18 December 2020 to 3 February 2022)
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (7 October 2020 to 10 February 2021)
Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol (10 September 2020 to 31 December 2023)
Cross-border co-operation on policing, security and criminal justice after Brexit (7 September 2020 to 6 July 2021)
Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s past: The UK Government's New Proposals (29 April 2020 to 12 October 2023)
Work of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (18 March 2020 to 24 May 2024)
New Decade, New Approach Agreement (9 March 2020 to 18 September 2020)
Unfettered Access: Northern Ireland and customs arrangements after Brexit (5 March 2020 to 15 September 2020)
Organised crime gangs in Northern Ireland inquiry (16 July 2019 to 6 November 2019)
Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry (26 June 2019 to 6 November 2019)
Welfare policy in Northern Ireland inquiry (9 April 2019 to 5 September 2019)
Changes to NI Renewable Heat Incentive payments inquiry (13 March 2019 to 25 June 2019)
Tourism in Northern Ireland inquiry (26 February 2019 to 6 November 2019)

Organisations it has heard from most

Northern Ireland Office (27)
Police Service of Northern Ireland (15)
Queen's University Belfast (10)
Cabinet Office (9)
Ulster Farmers Union (8)
Ulster University (8)
Home Office (6)
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (6)
Operation Kenova (5)
Queens University Belfast (5)
Belfast City Council (4)
Commission for Victims and Survivors Northern Ireland (4)
National Crime Agency (4)
South East Fermanagh Foundation (4)
Wave Trauma Centre (4)