Stephen Habberley

Clerk of @CommonsNIAC

[Stephen Habberley @StephnHabberley]

@GeirJordet pen pals, right?

[Environmental Audit Committee @CommonsEAC]

💡 Grid connections and storage issues must be addressed to decarbonise the economy.

➡️ Read our report on the electrification of the grid: https://t.co/ZBZB65Ph0w

[JPCampbellBiz @JP_Biz]

MPs on the NI Affairs committee have cast doubt on Stormont’s ambitious renewable energy & net zero targets saying there is inadequate infrastructure to support NI’s net zero transition, an unsupportive policy environment & a lack of consumer awareness. https://t.co/ETxwotQsy3

[JPCampbellBiz @JP_Biz]

Election means Westminster committees have to rush out any conclusions to inquiries they’ve been holding, generally as a letter to the Minister. Here the NI Affairs Ctte summarise evidence they heard on ECHR withdrawal

[Northern Ireland Affairs Committee @CommonsNIAC]

Tomorrow, we will be hearing oral evidence for two of our current inquiries from Stormont on:
- Renewable Energy and Net Zero in Northern Ireland, at 9:30am
- Integrated Education, at 10:30am

@niassembly will broadcast the session, and can be found here: https://t.co/sf7IZuT2qk

[NI Bureau @NI_Bureau]

Great to have the opportunity to brief @CommonsNIAC during their visit to New York on the work of the NI Bureau in North America together with @Andrea_Haughian @InvestNI_AMER

[Northern Ireland Affairs Committee @CommonsNIAC]

We have launched a new inquiry into Defence Spending in Northern Ireland.

📢We want to hear from you!

🔎Find out more here: https://t.co/zU8TGAwV3x

[NI Executive @niexecutive]

The newly appointed First Minister, Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister, Emma Little-Pengelly.

[Northern Ireland Affairs Committee @CommonsNIAC]

📢 Paramilitary activity continues to impact Northern Ireland society and more needs to be done.

A public-health approach to address its causes and a strong criminal justice response to its effects are necessary to see results.

📖 Read out report: https://t.co/jEJlJPFGcu

[Adele Brown @AdeleB_NI]

Debates on paramilitarism/ org crime so often reduced to soundbites that don’t reflect complex reality. Pleased to see some nuance in here and support for different ways of doing things / recognition for the brilliant, quiet graft done by @endingtheharm partners 🙏👏

[David Torrance @davidtorrance]

Now that a deal has been agreed to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, this new @commonslibrary briefing looks at the constitutional aspects of Cmnd paper “Safeguarding the Union” & maps out proceedings when the Assembly meets, perhaps this Saturday https://t.co/To3zL1ouYa

[David Torrance @davidtorrance]

With the DUP having endorsed a deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, this new @commonslibrary Insight blog explains how an Assembly Speaker is elected, how the First & deputy First Ministers are nominated & how other Exec ministers take office https://t.co/BflawWKG15

[Pivotal @pivotalpolicy]

“I intend to introduce new legislation which will take a pragmatic, appropriate and limited approach to addressing the Executive Formation period and support NI Departments to manage the immediate and evident challenges they face in stabilising public services and finances.” 2/2

[Pivotal @pivotalpolicy]

New statement from Secretary of State as deadline for calling an election passes. Says he will "act to protect public services" through legislation in Westminster that will take a "pragmatic, appropriate and limited approach" 1/2 https://t.co/mGS0vQkbo1

[BBC Newsline @bbcnewsline]

Stormont's first and deputy first ministers should be renamed joint first ministers, a Westminster committee has said.

[Conor J. Kelly @ConorKellyLDN]

The House of Common's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee @CommonsNIAC has produced an interesting report into the effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. I'm pleased my @ConUnit_UCL report with @alanjrenwick was useful to them! Links to both below

[Jude Webber @jude_webber]

Northern Ireland urged to change ‘temperamental’ system of government https://t.co/TjflFnKgEG via @ft

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

Stormont's first and deputy first ministers should be renamed "joint first ministers", a Westminster committee has recommended. https://t.co/TGOApPOIJD