§ Mr. MaginnisTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her answer of 23 March 1998,Official Report, column 27, if she will define the involvement of Mediation Network in matters pertaining to policing in Northern Ireland; and if she will publish the names, qualifications and affiliations, including the current and former political allegiances, of those who constitute the board of that organisation. [37821]
§ Mr. IngramThe Mediation Network has worked with the Royal Ulster Constabulary Training Branch on the RUC's Community awareness programme, and is 385W currently working with the RUC and others to develop ideas for the evolution of policing and community relations in Northern Ireland.
The Mediation Network is an independent voluntary association with charitable status formed to develop alternative, non-violent approaches to conflicts and disputes in Northern Ireland. A list of those on the Executive Committee and much of the other information sought by the hon. Member is to be found in the Annual Reports published by the Mediation Network, a copy of the most recent of which—that for 1996–97—has been placed in the Library.
I have no knowledge of the current or former political allegiances of any members of Mediation Network.