Assembly and Executive Review Committee chairman Jimmy Spratt told the assembly that outstanding matters included the role of the attorney general, and issues on which the Assembly and Executive Review Committee had not reached consensus including the creation of a justice sector for the North South Ministerial Council, and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
He wrote back then to the Presiding Officer asking her to set up a root and branch review of the Assembly's procedures and how its engagement with the public might be improved.