Weston Park (Hansard, 19 July 2001)

§ Mr. Dodds
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the criteria adopted by the Government for deciding which parties should be invited to participate in the Weston Park talks; and if he will make a statement. [4106]

§ Dr. John Reid
The talks hosted by the British and Irish Governments at Weston Park concerned the implementation of the Belfast Agreement, and it was therefore appropriate to invite representative of all the parties to the Agreement.

§ Mr. Dodds
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the people invited to participate in the talks at Weston Park during the week beginning 8 July. [4107]
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§ Dr. John Reid
The British and Irish Governments invited representatives of the parties to the Belfast Agreement to participate in the talks at Weston Park held during 8–13 July. The parties invited to send representatives were:

the Ulster Unionist Party;

the Social Democratic and Labour Party;

Sinn Fein;

the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland;

the Progressive Unionist Party;

the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition;

the Ulster Democratic Party.