HL Deb 12 March 2003 vol 645 c185WA
Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 6 February (WA 42) concerning any requirement for Republic of Ireland civil servants working in Northern Ireland to take an oath of allegiance, whether, given paragraph 9 of the rights section of the Belfast agreement of 1998, this is also a matter for the United Kingdom; and [HL1630]

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 6 February (WA 42) concerning the site of the Battle of the Boyne, whether, given paragraph 9 of the rights section of the Belfast agreement of 1998, this is also a matter for the United Kingdom. [HL1631]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Both governments have an interest in the overall observance of the agreement. But individual matters of detail must generally be the day-to-day responsibility of the government concerned.