Ex-RUC officer to head justice powers committee

A former Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer is set to take charge of an Assembly committee tasked with reporting on the transfer of policing and justice powers, it has emerged.

Democratic Unionist sources confirmed Jimmy Spratt, who also served as a chairman of the Police Federation, has been tabled with the Stormont authorities to replace Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson as the chair of the Assembly and Executive Review Committee.