- All-Party Negotiations
All-Party Negotiations
Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992
WORK IN PROGRESS - IN THE FINAL STAGES OF EDITING A series of talks launched by Peter Brooke, Secretary of State for Northern in Ireland, which began in April 1991, and were carried on intermittently by Brooke and his successor, Patrick Mayhew, until November 1992.
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Membership (85 members):
- John Alderdice ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Eileen Bell ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Seamus Close ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Stewart Dickson ( Alliance ) Visualize
- David Ford ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Ken Hull ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Mervyn Jones ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Paul Maguire ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Steve McBride ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Maureen McConnell ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Philip McGarry ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Addie Morrow ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Seán Neeson ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Alliance Representative ( Alliance ) Visualize
- Robert Alston ( British Government ) Visualize
- Graham Archer ( British Government ) Visualize
- Peter Bell ( British Government ) Visualize
- David Blatherwick ( British Government ) Visualize
- Peter Brooke ( British Government ) Visualize
- John Chilcot ( British Government ) Visualize
- David Cooke ( British Government ) Visualize
- Marcus Dodds ( British Government ) Visualize
- David Fell ( British Government ) Visualize
- William Fittall ( British Government ) Visualize
- Jeremy Hanley ( British Government ) Visualize
- David (DJR) Hill ( British Government ) Visualize
- Chris Maccabe ( British Government ) Visualize
- Brian Mawhinney ( British Government ) Visualize
- Patrick Mayhew ( British Government ) Visualize
- Danny G McNeill ( British Government ) Visualize
- Joseph Pilling ( British Government ) Visualize
- British Government Representative ( British Government ) Visualize
- Quentin Thomas ( British Government ) Visualize
- Gregory Campbell ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Elma Dick ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Nigel Dodds ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Hugh John Simpson Gibson ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- S Gibson ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- James McClure ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- William McCrea ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Ian Paisley ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Rhonda Paisley ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- DUP Representative ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Peter Robinson ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Denny Vitty ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- Sammy Wilson ( Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ) Visualize
- David Andrews ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Joseph Brosnan ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- David Donoghue ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Noel Dorr ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Pádraig Flynn ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Robert (Bobby) Molloy ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Mr O'Malley ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Irish Government Representative ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Joseph Small ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- John Wilson ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Seán Ó hUiginn ( Government of the Republic of Ireland ) Visualize
- Ninian Stephen ( Independent Chairman (Strand 2) ) Visualize
- C Downey ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Mark Durkan ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Sean Farren ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Frank Feely ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Tommy Gallagher ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Denis Haughey ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Joe Hendron ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- John Hume ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Alban Maginness ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Séamus Mallon ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Donovan McClelland ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Eddie McGrady ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- SDLP Representative ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Brid Rodgers ( Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ) Visualize
- Jack Allen ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Mrs H Bradford ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Josias Cunningham ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Jeffrey Donaldson ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Reg Empey ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Ken Maginnis ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Chris McGimpsey ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- G McGimpsey ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Jim Molyneaux ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Jim Nicholson ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- UUP Representative ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- Rev Martin Smyth ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
- David Trimble ( Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) ) Visualize
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Sessions (42)
First plenary
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First plenary meeting under the Chairmanship of Patrick Mayhew following the General Election.
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A short plenary to instruct the sub-Committee to continue its work.
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A brief Plenary meeting is held to announce a series of bilateral talks on the Sub-Committee report. We do not have the minutes of this meeting, but it seems that John Hume made a push for the Secretary of State to announce the transition to Strand II of that talks.
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Two Plenary meetings took place on this day. The first one, held at 11:40, was simply to inform the delegations that the Party leaders were working on a solution to the impasse. We have no record of this meeting. During the second meeting, held at 21:52, the final Statement to Plenary (on the transition to Strands 2 and 3) was amended before being agreed and issued as a press release.
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[no time given] A meeting held in the QE2 Conference Centre to discuss a possible agenda for Strand 2
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Strand 3 Preliminary Meeting
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Two Plenary meetings were held. During the second Plenary session, Strands 2 and 3 of the Talks were formally launched, and a press statement was issued to that effect.
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The opening Plenary session of Strand 2 was held. Opening statements were given by the Chairman, Alliance, the British and Irish Government delegations, and the SDLP.
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The second day of the Strand 2 Plenary. Opening presentations from the DUP and UUP, followed by questions.
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The fourth day of the Strand 2 Plenary Session. The minute of the third session was agreed; the Chairman reported a timetable and schedule for the remainder of the Plenary session from the Business Committee; the Irish Government continued to answer questions on their opening statement; they agreed to table a paper on Protestant demographics; a media release was agreed.
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The fifth day of the Strand 2 Plenary session. The draft minute of the fourth session is agreed; the Irish Government continues to answer questions on its opening statement; a brief media release is agreed.
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The sixth day of the Strand 2 Plenary session. The draft minute of the fifth Plenary meeting is agreed; the Chairman reports a scheduling decision of the Business Committee and expects further agreement to be reached at the next meeting; the Irish Government, the SDLP, and the British Government are questioned on their opening statements; the liaison arrangements for Strand 3 are discussed; a media release is agreed.
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The seventh day of the Strand 2 Plenary session. The draft minute of the sixth Plenary meeting is agreed; the Chairman reports from the Business Committee; the delegation leaders agree the text of a statement on confidentiality; the British Government and the DUP are questioned on their opening statements; a media release is agreed.
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The eighth day of the Strand 2 Plenary session. The draft minute of the seventh Plenary meeting is agreed; the DUP and the British Government are questioned on their opening statements; a media release is agreed.
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[no time given - Alderdice Diary] Held in Dublin
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[minutes not currently in the Quill records] Plenary prior to Secretary of State's address to the House of Commons on 11th of November. Finalisation of a joint statement by the participants regarding the end of the Talks.
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