Pivotal has submitted a response to the Assembly and Executive Review Committee's consultation on reform of the Assembly and the Executive.

The main arguments for reform and the relative merits of each are set out very helpfully in the recent paper by the UCL Constitution Unit. We welcome this paper as a comprehensive presentation and consideration of the different possibilities. We also welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation.

Structural impediments to delivery in the Assembly, Executive, and the Northern Ireland Civil Service, were discussed in our recent report, Policy delivery in Northern Ireland.

Pivotal offers this response through a lens of asking ‘Would these reforms bring about better policy decision-making in Northern Ireland?’