HC Deb 17 February 2000 vol 344 c617W
Mr. Blunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his oral statement of 8 February 2000,Official Report, column 133, what is his definition of (a) a Nationalist and (b) a Republican. [109589]

Mr. Mandelson

[holding answer 11 February 2000]: Nationalists are those who support the SDLP, and Republicans are those who support Sinn Fein.