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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992
  3. Committee:British-SDLP Talks
  4. Session: 1991-04-30 10:30:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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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Session 11430: 1991-04-30 10:30:00

Meeting between SDLP delegation and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

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Agenda for a Bilateral Meeting Between the Government Team and the SDLP Held in Parliament Buildings on 30 April 1991

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Agenda for a Bilateral Meeting Between the Government Team and the SDLP Held in Parliament Buildings on 30 April 1991

1. Practical arrangements

(a) Delegates to park in the East car park and then use the Front Entrance; this area was to be cordoned off from the media and the general public and any demonstrators kept away.

(b) Media arrangements: Some facilities would be provided, but the media would not be allowed access to Parliament Buildings, nor would there be any opportunity for doorstepping. Exceptionally, Mr Hume would speak to the media after the bilateral meeting on 30 April to provide them with images other than those [with the protester] at the beginning of the day. A silent photo-opportunity might be offered to the media at the opening session of the plenaries.

2. Procedural issues

(a) Meetings should take place on Mondays,Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10.30 to 12.45 and 2.30 to 5.00 pm. But since the next week, which would be the first week of the plenaries, would contain a Bank Holiday, he proposed that there could if necessary be meetings on the Thursday instead of the Monday.

(b) Adjournments: meetings should operate relatively informally, with opportunities for breaks and caucus meetings. Adjournments might be proposed from the Chair; if others wanted to propose adjournments majority support would be required. Any delegation would have the right to leave the room unilaterally during a meeting, but the meeting would continue in their absence. To adjourn a meeting would need a majority. If a delegation wished an adjournment, it would be necessary to persuade either the Secretary of State or all the other delegations.

(c) Agenda: as Chairman, the Secretary of State would have the ability to vary the agenda order in the first strand in order to stop matters getting bogged down; this would be in the spirit of the whole process. He would consult before using the power.

(d) Minutes of the meetings: every delegation would have access to one set of minutes for each session. The security of that document would then be up to the delegation.

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