§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 9 January (WA 230), who were the "political parties … who remained at the conclusion of the talks and made clear their support for the [Belfast] agreement". [HL1318]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn)The political parties who remained at the conclusion of the talks leading to the Belfast agreement and made clear their support for it were Alliance, Labour, the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, the Progressive Unionist Party, Sinn Fein, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, the Ulster Democratic Party and the Ulster Unionist Party; though in some cases their support on the day was subject to subsequent consultation with party colleagues.
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§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 9 January (WA 230), who are the legal parties to the Belfast agreement. [HL1319]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe Belfast agreement is a political agreement between the British Government, the Irish Government and those Northern Irish political parties represented at the talks concluded on 10 April 1998. Certain provisions within it are given legal force by the Northern Ireland Act 1998; and by the British-Irish Agreement.