HC Deb 02 December 1991 vol 200 cc65-6W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the EC ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has or will be represented during November and December.

Dr. Mawhinney

The Department of Finance and Personnel was represented by one official at the informal meeting of European Community Ministers responsible for regional policy and physical planning at the Hague on 18 to 19 November 1991.

The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was represented by one official at a meeting of the Council of Agriculture Ministers on 18 to 19 November 1991. An official from the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland will also attend meetings of the Council of Agriculture Ministers to be held on 11 to 12 December 1991 and the Fisheries Council to be held on 17 to 18 December 1991.

There are no plans for the Northern Ireland Office or the Northern Ireland Departments to be represented at any other ministerial council meetings during November and December 1991.

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