51st Plenary programme of events
Press and public are welcome to attend at the Gold Cup Room, Cheltenham Racecourse
Programme of events:
MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2015
10.00 am:
1. ADOPTION OF PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF BUSINESS AND BRIEF
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS BY CO-CHAIRS
At 10.15 am
3. ADDRESS BY BEN WALLACE MP PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
Ben Wallace MP will address the Assembly and respond to questions.
At 11.00 am
4. HORSE RACING IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND: PANEL DISCUSSION
Brian Kavanagh, Chief Executive of Horseracing Ireland, and Nick Rust, Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority, will address the Assembly and respond to questions.
At 12.00 am
5. ADDRESS BY THE MINISTER FOR EUROPE
Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will address the Assembly and respond to questions.
The sitting will be suspended from 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm.
At 2.30 pm
5. POLICING NORTH AND SOUTH
George Hamilton QPM, Chief Constable of Northern Ireland, PSNI, and Nóirín O'Sullivan, Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, will give a joint presentation to the Assembly and respond to questions.
At 3.30 pm
6. IRELAND, THE UK AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Dominic Hannigan TD, Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on EU Affairs, will address the Assembly on his Committee's report on "UK/EU Future Relationship: Implications for Ireland"and respond to questions.
There will follow a political debate on issues following the UK referendum on its membership of the EU.
TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2015
At 9.30 am: Meeting in public
7. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CROWN DEPENDENCIES AND THE UK
There will be a short presentation on behalf of the three Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man), followed by questions.
8. COMMITTEE REPORTS, ETC
· PROGRESS REPORT FROM COMMITTEE A (SOVEREIGN MATTERS)
· PROGRESS REPORT FROM COMMITTEE B (EUROPEAN AFFAIRS)
· PRESENTATION OF REPORT FROM COMMITTEE C (ECONOMIC) ON YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, AND PROGRESS REPORT
· PRESENTATION OF REPORT FROM COMMITTEE D (ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL) ON IRISH COMMUNITIES IN SCOTLAND, AND PROGRESS REPORT
· GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
9. ADJOURNMENT