Committee A - Sovereign Matters

Sovereign matters

Committee A considers sovereign matters of relevance to both Britain and Ireland. It has examined and made recommendations on a number of important issues over the last 20 years.

These include:

• The workings of the Anglo-Irish Agreement
• Extradition and transfer of prisoners
• Co-operation between policing services
• Freedom of movement between Britain and Ireland

Members

It is made-up of six members from each of the British and Irish parliaments. Its members are:

Frank Feighan TD (Chair)

Laurence Robertson MP (Vice-Chair)

Lord Bew

Baroness Blood

Conor Burns MP

Senator Paul Coghlan

Martin Heydon TD

Lord Mawhinney

Patrick O'Donovan TD

John Paul Phelan TD

Senator Jim Walsh

Jim Sheridan MP

Niall Brady (Clerk)

Adrian Jenner (Shadow Clerk)