Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue

The Forum for Political Dialogue met between 1996 and 1998 in Belfast as part of the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement.

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Session 11607: 1996-10-31 00:00:00

Motion on Standing Committees (Including expansion of Standing Committee B) referred to Forum; Standing Committee D Interim Report copied in and Referred to Forum; Motion on Neil Latimer introduced and referred to Forum; Motion on Political Integration with the EU introduced and referred to Forum. [Time of meeting unknown].

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Motion on Standing Committees

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That (a), in accordance with Rule 14(1), the Forum appoints a Committee with the following designation, remit, terms of reference, composition and quorum —

Designation: Standing Committee E

Remit: The Northern Ireland economy

Terms of reference: To examine issues relevant to the performance of the Northern Ireland economy and report to the Forum at periodic intervals

Composition: 4 UUP, 4 DUP, 4 SDLP, 2 Alliance, 1 UKUP, 1 Labour, 1 NIWC, 1 PUP, 1 UDP

Quorum: 5;

(b) Standing Committee B shall have its terms of reference amended to read

"To examine (a) the contribution which education services and structures make to the promotion of dialogue and understanding within Northern Ireland, (b) nursery education and the pre-school voucher scheme, and (c) the link between education and employment, and report to the Forum";

and (c) the words "by 31 December 1996" shall be deleted where they appear in the terms of reference for Standing Committees B, C and D.

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