Castle Buildings Agreement

HC Deb 18 May 1998 vol 312 c236W

Mr. Robert McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list the new commissions and other bodies that will be brought into being under the Castle Buildings Agreement, stating the estimated(a) annual running costs and (b) number of staff to be employed by each entity. [42161]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The new commissions and other bodies which will (or may) be brought into being under the Agreement are listed. No reliable estimates for annual running costs and the number of staff to be employed by each entity are yet available.>Northern Ireland Assembly Civic Forum North/South Ministerial Council North/South Implementation Bodies British/Irish Council British/Irish Intergovernmental Conference Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

In addition an independent Commission on policing for Northern Ireland will be established with the aim of publishing a final report by summer 1999.