Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if a decision has been made about the location of the premises in which the proposed Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference will meet.
§ Mr. Tom KingArticle 3 of the agreement envisages that the conference will meet in different forms. All meetings will not, therefore, necessarily be held in the same premises.
Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the proposed Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference will have authority to discuss United Kingdom and Western Alliance defence installations with Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Tom King[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1985, c. 265]: No. The agreement does not relate to defence matters.
Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what will be the postal address of the proposed secretariat of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference;
£ million 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Belfast 5.88 5.45 3.94 3.46 2.96 3.31 3.12 North-Eastern 3.41 3.10 2.56 2.40 2.44 2.37 2.39 South-Eastern 3.33 3.01 2.50 2.26 2.18 2.56 2.45 Southern 3.54 3.40 3.22 2.52 2.44 2.32 2.39 Western 3.35 3.32 2.82 2.35 2.22 2.12 2.22 Total 19.51 18.28 15.04 12.99 12.24 12.68 12.57 Note: These figures include expenditure on the schools library service which cannot be separately identified.
The reductions in library expenditure as expressed in real terms is due in part to declining capital expenditure where boards have in general accorded highest priority to the schools sector. Recurrent expenditure has also declined in real terms and again this reflects each board's local determination of priorities having regard to the total resources available and competing demands from other sectors.
642W(2) where is the location of the proposed secretariat of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
§ Mr. Tom King[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1985, c. 265]: It is expected that the secretariat will be located in Belfast.
Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if Her Majesty's Government expect any financial support from the Government of the United States of America to be available for Northern Ireland in the context of the proposed Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Tom King[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1985, c. 265]: The Government of the United Kingdom have not received any formal offers of financial support from the Government of the United States of America to be available in Northern Ireland in response to the signing of the Anglo-Irish agreement. But the President has said that he will be working closely with Congress in a bipartisan effort to find tangible ways for the United States to lend practical support to this important agreement. I welcome this response, but I cannot anticipate what the outcome will be.
Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what will be the respective proportionate contributions towards the costs of operation of the Secretariat of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference by the two Governments involved.
§ Mr. Tom King[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1985, c. 265]: Both Governments will contribute to the costs of operating the secretariat, if the Anglo-Irish agreement is approved by Parliament. Financial details remain to be finalised.