British-Irish Council

HC Deb 17 May 2000 vol 350 cc152-3W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how often he has attended meetings of the British-Irish Council. [121151]

Mr. Mandelson

I attended the first and only meeting to date of the British-Irish Council on 17 December 1999.

Further meetings will follow the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive.