§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will now, pursuant to his answers to the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Mr. McCusker) of 9 March,Official Report, column 230, and the hon. Member for Londonderry, East on 22 March, publish a table in the Official Report to show how many of the 39 persons suggested by the Government of the Irish Republic for public appointments in Northern Ireland were first suggested in (a) 1985, (b) 1986, (c) 1987 and (d) 1988; and, in each of these years, how many were appointed to (i) the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights, (ii) the Fair Employment Agency, (iii) the Equal Opportunities Commission, (iv) the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, (v) the Police Complaints Board and (vi) other bodies;
(2) if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Londonderry, East on 22 March, he will indicate how many of the persons suggested through the Anglo-Irish Secretariat are United Kingdom citizens; and how many of the persons suggested were born in the Irish Republic.
§ Mr. Tom King[holding answer 29 March 1988]: No names were proposed this way in 1985; 34 were proposed in 1986, four in 1987 and two so far this year. Records of persons willing to serve on public bodies do not routinely include details of their citizenship or places of birth and information on these matters could be collected only at disproportionate cost. As I said in a reply to the hon. Gentleman on 22 March at column 81, all those proposed are resident in Northern Ireland.
As I also said in that reply, it is not my practice to publish details of individuals so appointed.