Public Affairs
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Westminster notes
Diamond jubilee address Both Houses of Parliament gathered in Westminster Hall in March to hear the Queen’s diamond jubilee address.…
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Assembly round-up
Members got down to the detail of fuel duty, Lough Neagh’s ownership and social care in April’s private member’s motions…
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Counting up the members
Local statistics are sketchy but political party membership appears to be holding up. Smaller parties, though, are more open about…
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Conversational politics
The implications of a changing media world on political discourse were discussed by Conall McDevitt and Mark Devenport at an…
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Northern Ireland Office
Created in 1972 as Stormont’s powers were taken away, the Northern Ireland Office was the mainstay of provincial business in…
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Commissioner for Older People Bill
Purpose: to set up and give power to the Older People’s Commissioner’s office. In its 2005 manifesto, the DUP…
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Devolution plus?
After the justice transfer, agendaNi sums up the parties’ hopes to give Stormont more authority. With criminal justice powers in…
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Hillsborough’s new tenant: Owen Paterson
The first Conservative Secretary of State since Sir Patrick Mayhew, Owen Paterson has said he will remain pro-union in the…
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Cameron: visits to Belfast
The new Prime Minister moves from election rhetoric to decisions on the deficit between his two visits to the province.…
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A junior role?
Ryan Jennings looks at how junior ministers could be used more widely on the hill. Junior ministers play a bigger…
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