The Parliament Buildings of Northern Ireland
The Executive Committee met there.

The Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland was the government of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Generally known as the cabinet or the Government, the Executive Committee existed from 1922 to 1972. It exercised executive authority vested in the monarch of the United Kingdom. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... An Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland, more usually the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 (this is its official short title; the formal citation is 10 & 11 Geo. ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ... The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen-in-Parliament) legislative power. ...

Under the Act the Executive Committee consisted of the ministers appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to head departments of state.^[1] Ministers so chosen did not have to be members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland but were required to become members within six months.^[2] Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (plural: Lords Lieutenant), also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy as late as the 17th century, was the Kings representative and head of the Irish executive during the... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...

A subsequent amendment to the Act, which came into force in 1922, replaced the Lord Lieutenant with a new crown representative, the Governor of Northern Ireland. The Governor of Northern Ireland was the Crown representative in Northern Ireland. ...

Though the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 never provided for such an office, in practice the Executive Committee was headed by a Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. In theory the Executive Committee was not answerable to the House of Commons but held their positions "during the pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant".^[3] In practice the Executive Committee was answerable to the democratically elected House of Commons of Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland, appointed by the Governor of Northern Ireland under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...

The system of government created by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 was first prorogued and then abolished by the Government of the United Kingdom in 1972-3. The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. ...

The Executive Committee was based in the Stormont Parliament Buildings. Original plans to build a separate executive building were abandoned in the 1920s as a result of the economic difficulties that resulted from the Wall Street Crash. Stormont is Stormont, a suburb of Belfast Stormont Castle, a castle in the area Parliament Building of Northern Ireland, known as Stormont a nickname for the former Parliament of Northern Ireland and its unionist-dominated executive, the Government of Northern Ireland Stormont County an old county that is now a... Parliament Buildings of Northern Ireland, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, served as the seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and successive Northern Ireland assemblies and conventions. ... For the protest against the Communications Decency Act, see Black World Wide Web protest. ...

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State & Government in Northern Ireland 1922-1972
Executive of Northern Ireland Governor | Prime Minister | Executive Committee | Privy Council of Northern Ireland | Royal Assent Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland. ... The Governor of Northern Ireland was the Crown representative in Northern Ireland. ... The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland, appointed by the Governor of Northern Ireland under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. ... The Privy Council of Northern Ireland was a formal body of advisors to the Sovereign and was a vehicle for the monarchs prerogative powers in the province. ...
Legislature of Northern Ireland Stormont Parliament (made up of the House of Commons & the Senate) The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...