HC Deb 30 January 1986 vol 90 c597W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what subjects he discussed at his last meeting with representatives of the Government of the Republic of Ireland.

Mr. Tom King

I refer the hon. Member to a reply I gave to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Sir J. Biggs-Davison) earlier today.

Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he next intends to seek to meet Mr. Peter Barry, Foreign Minister of the Irish Republic; and what he intends to discuss.

Mr. Tom King

For security reasons, dates of meetings are not normally released in advance. However, I expect the next meeting of the intergovernmental conference, jointly chaired by Mr. Barry and myself, to take place in February. It has not been our practice to release in advance the agenda for meetings of the conference. But the joint statement issued after our last meeting made it clear that at our next meeting we will consider a progress report from the Chief Constable and the Garda Commissioner on enhancing security cooperation.

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