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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-05-27more like thismore than 2015-05-27
answering body
Northern Ireland Office more like this
answering dept id 21 more like this
answering dept short name Northern Ireland remove filter
answering dept sort name Northern Ireland more like this
hansard heading Stormont House Agreement more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government which strand talk sessions representatives of the government of the Republic of Ireland attended during the Stormont House talks; on what dates those sessions occurred; on whose invitation those representatives were invited; and, if such information is not available, why not. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Laird more like this
uin HL34 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-04more like thismore than 2015-06-04
answer text <p>Irish Government representatives were present on a number of occasions in the talks leading up to the Stormont House Agreement. As the Noble Lord is aware, the involvement of the Irish Government was in accordance with the established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. As the Conservative Party’s Northern Ireland Manifesto for the General Election states:</p><p>“This provides that Northern Ireland’s internal arrangements are for the parties here and the United Kingdom Government alone to decide. A Conservative Government will always stand by that principle.”</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Dunlop more like this
question first answered
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answering member
4534
label Biography information for Lord Dunlop more like this
tabling member
2479
label Biography information for Lord Laird more like this