§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why the ministerial foreword to the Food Safety Promotion Board's annual report for 1999–2000 is in English and Irish when there is no provision for bilingualism in the international agreement of 8 March 1999 which established the implementation body; and why the board has been given an Irish language name. [HL519]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThere is no prohibition in the legislation establishing the North/South implementation bodies on the use of the Irish 49WA language. Decisions of the North/South Ministerial Council are by agreement, and the Food Safety Promotion Board's annual report for 1999–2000, containing the bilingual English and Irish foreword was presented to the North/South Ministerial Council meeting held on 27 February 2002.