§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the dates since 15 November 1985 of meetings between Ministers of Her Majesty's Government and Ministers of the Government of the 131W Republic of Ireland, indicating in each case whether it was a formal and scheduled meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference under the Anglo-Irish Agreement, an informal meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference, a meeting of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council, or other, and listing Ministers present at each and subjects discussed at those which were not Intergovernmental Conference meetings.
§ Mr. Tom King[holding answer 27 June 1988]: There have been innumerable meetings, formal and informal, during the period in question. Information on them all could be assembled only at disproportionate cost. The following is a list of meetings of the Intergovernmental Conference during the period:
1985
- 11 December
- 30 December
1986
- 10 January
- 13 February (Ministerial sub-group)
- 11 March
- 9 May
- 17 June
- 29 July
- 6 October
- 31 October (Ministerial sub-group)
- 8 December
1987
- 22 April
- 16 July
- 21 October
- 16 November
1988
- 2 February
- 16 February
- 24 February
- 25 March
- 5 May
- 17 June