Assembly Business

The Assembly Business Directorate provides specialist parliamentary support to Members to ensure the efficient and effective conduct of business. In particular, it provides the following services:

Chamber Service

The Chamber Service ensures the smooth management of plenary meetings and provides procedural advice to the Presiding Officers and other Members.

Committee Service

The Committee Service provides secretariat support to the Assembly’s committees and procedural advice to committee chairs and Members.

Legislation Office

The Legislation Office supports the passage of legislation through the Assembly. The Office provides clerking services for committees established to scrutinise Legislative Competence Orders, Assembly Measures and subordinate legislation and for subsequent plenary stages. It also supports the development of legislative proposals by individual Members.

Table Office

The Table Office provides advice and arbitrates on the admissibility and handling of questions and motions; publishes the Register of Members Interests; gives guidance on the registration and declaration of interests; and provides support to the Standards Commissioner.

Research Service

The Research Service provides confidential and impartial information and research support to Assembly Members and committees.

Record of Proceedings

The Record of Proceedings team produces and publishes bi-lingual transcripts of plenary and committee meetings.

Translation and Interpretation

The Translation and Interpretation team ensures the smooth bi-lingual operation of all formal Assembly business.