§ Lord Monsonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the statement made by the Lord Chancellor that the Weatherill Amendment to the House of Lords Bill was "a compromise negotiated between Privy Counsellors on Privy Council terms" (H.L. Deb., 30 March 1999, col. 207), who were the parties to the negotiations; and where and between which dates did the negotiations take place. [HL3203]
§ The Lord ChancellorThe parties to the negotiation were the Lord Chancellor and Viscount Cranborne. Several meetings took place between 29 June and the end of November 1998. The places where the discussions took place are irrelevant.