§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2004,Official Report, column 300W, on General de Chastelain, if he will list the full days since 1 January that General de Chastelain has spent in the Province. [165758]
§ Mr. PearsonThe Independent International Commission on Decommissioning has now advised that, on average, General de Chastelain spends one week per month in Northern Ireland on decommissioning work. In the year 2003, the General was in Northern Ireland for 82 days. So far this year he was in NI for 6 days in February. Further visits have been planned for April and May.