Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding from the know-how fund is being given to assist the current symposium in parliamentary democracy for members of the symposium in parliamentary democracy 591W for members of the supreme soviet of the Russian Federation organised by the department of politics of the University of Leeds; which parliamentary parties have been invited to participate; and what attention the symposium is paying (a) to the conflict in Ireland and (b) the role of regional parties in the House of Commons.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe know-how fund has allocated £60,000 towards the costs of this symposium. I understand from the organisers that Members of Parliament from the following parties have been invited to participate in various stages of the course:
- the Conservative Party
- the Labour Party
- the Liberal Democrat Party
- the Ulster Unionist Party
- the Scottish National Party
- Plaid Cymru
- the Democratic Unionist Party
- the Social Democratic and Labour Party
- the Ulster Popular Unionist Party
The symposium will include during its three week programme separate discussion, each of one and a half hours, on the situation in Northern Ireland and on the role of regional and nationalist parties in Parliament.