HC Deb 10 March 1987 vol 112 c143W
Mr. J. Enoch Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what authorisation has been given to civil servants servicing the Anglo-Irish conference to address party political meetings on their work.

Mr. Tom King

The secretariat was established in December 1985 to service the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. It is staffed jointly by civil servants from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and acts as a channel of communication between the two Governments. No member of the secretariat has been involved with or addressed any party political meetings in Northern Ireland.