Committee for Education

The Committee for Education is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Education and Minister for Education (currently Peter Weir (politician))on matters within his or her responsibility as a minister. The committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.[1]

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Membership

Party		Member
	Alliance	Chris Lyttle (Deputy Chairperson)
	DUP	David Hilditch
	DUP	Carla Lockhart
	DUP	Phillip Logan
	DUP	Maurice Morrow
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff (Chairperson)
	Sinn Féin	Jennifer McCann
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley
	SDLP	Colin McGrath
	UUP	Rosemary Barton
	UUP	Sandra Overend

References

"Committee for Education". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

External links

"Committee for Education". Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-18. Official website

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