[1] The Committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role with respect to the Department of Justice and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.
The committee was created following the devolution of policing and justice on 12 April 2010, as a result of the Hillsborough Castle Agreement, agreed under the premiership of Gordon Brown on 5 February 2010.
[2] The committee met for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.
[4] Source:[6] The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 1 June 2016.
[9] The committee met for the first time in the 2007–2011 Assembly on 22 April 2010.