Hansard Reports
7.The following table sets out the dates of the Hansard reports for each stage of the Act’s passage through the Assembly.
| STAGE | DATE |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 24 June 2013 |
| Second Stage | 23 September 2013 |
| 24 September 2013 | |
| Committee Stage - extension of committee stage | 5 November 2013 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland and Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland | 28 November 2013 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | 5 December 2013 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from Ruhama, Turn Off the Red Light Campaign and from the International Union of Sex Workers | 9 January 2014 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Department of Justice | 16 January 2014 |
| Committee Stage – Oral evidence from SPACE International, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Dr Graham Ellison and Dr Susann Huschke, UglyMugs.ie and Amnesty International | 30 January 2014 |
| Committee Stage - oral evidence from Mia de Faoite | 6 February 2014 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from the Police Service of Northern Ireland | 20 February 2014 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from the Department of Justice and the Attorney General for Northern Ireland | 6 March 2014 |
| Committee Stage – oral evidence from the Bill sponsor, Lord Morrow MLA and clause by clause consideration | 20 March 2014 |
| Committee Stage – clause by clause consideration | 27 March 2014 |
| 3 April 2014 | |
| 8 April 2014 | |
| Committee Stage – consideration of draft report | 10 April 2014 |
| Committee Stage – Committee report | 11 April 2014 |
| Consideration Stage | 20 October 2014 |
| Further Consideration Stage | 1 December 2014 |
| Final Stage | 9 December 2014 |
| Royal Assent | 13 January 2015 |
