evidence: Regarding criminal justice and social diversity, the PSNI is developing an information-sharing agreement with an Garda Síochána to ensure that there is consistency and clarity around information sharing that will support effective cross-border working. That is being taken forward under the auspices of the EU exit working stream. [...] That the draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 be approved. [...] Based on all the evidence that it took on that, in its report, the Committee recommended that the Department of Finance lead an exercise to agree and take forward with NISRA a cross-departmental database that covers the range of societal issues that should be monitored, mainly alcohol licences, sales, consumption and harms in Northern Ireland. The Committee also recommended that it be provided with a draft of the Department for Communities' evaluation plan at the earliest opportunity and sought assurance that it will be able to feed into that plan on the issues that it would like to see included. Again, it is now up to the Members to decide whether amendment No 46 is the way forward on that aspect of data gathering for the annual publication of the number of operational liquor licences.