HC Deb 08 November 2000 vol 356 c286W
Mr. Geraint Davies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress has been made during the summer in relation to the British-Irish Council. [135617]

Marjorie Mowlam

Over the summer, the participants in the British-Irish Council have been taking forward in a number of the areas identified as priorities at the first BIC summit meeting last December. The second BIC summit was due to take place in Dublin on Wednesday 18 October, hosted by the Irish Government. Regrettably, the summit had to be postponed following the death of the right hon. Donald Dewar MP MSP, First Minister of the Scottish Executive. Action is in hand to identify a new date for the summit.