§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of the Irish Republic about the 617W claim to part of the United Kingdom embodied in articles 2 and 3 of the Republic's constitution; and what further representations he intends to make.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweNone. Article 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement explicitly states that both Governments
affirm that any change in the status of Northern Ireland would only come about with the consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland.