§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why invitations and supporting letters from the North/South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat to board members of the Ulster-Scots Agency referred to Northern Ireland as "the North": what is their policy regarding the naming of Northern Ireland in this way; and whether the North/South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat in Armagh is aware of that policy. [HL4628]
§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)By accepted usage, the two jurisdictions in which the North/South Ministerial Council exercises its functions are sometimes referred to by their legal titles, and at other times by reference to less formal nomenclature. On this occasion the use of less formal terminology was felt to be appropriate.