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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:Sub-Plenary Meetings
  4. Session: 1991-05-29 09:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

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.

Sub-Plenary Meetings

This Committee meets during the bilateral phase of the Talks. It appears to be a forerunner to the Business Committee, being comprised of the same membership and ceasing to function once the Business Committee is formally established at the first plenary on 17 June.

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Session 11438: 1991-05-29 09:00:00

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Minister of State's Second Draft of the Workplan for Strand 1

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Draft Workplan [Working Version of 28 May Sub-Plenary Committee]

Workplan for Strand 1

[1. Opening Statement by the Secretary of State.

2. Presentation by the Alliance Party.

3 . Presentation by the SDLP.

4 . Presentation by the UDUP.

5. Presentation by the UUP.]

6. These presentations should be by written statements to which parties can speak and on which they can be

questioned. It is envisaged that in the resulting discussion the general principles and perceived political realities and requirements will be comprehensively aired.

7. It is expected that common themes will emerge which will form the basis for further discussions. At the forefront among these are likely to be Northern Ireland's constitutional status and relationships within the Northern Ireland community.

[8. At this stage it will be necessary to consider the institutional implications of these discussions and to

address specific proposals which may be tabled by any of the participants.

9. Issues to which specific proposals may be addressed are likely to include:

(i) the constitutional status of Northern Ireland

(ii) relationships within the Northern Ireland community

(iii) the nature of institutional arrangements within Northern Ireland, including institutions, if any, at province wide level and the relationship between them and other institutions, such as local authorities, within Northern Ireland. (Under this heading it would be necessary to consider, other things, the extent of powers to be transferred - including any role in respect of security - and the way in which they should operate and be financed.)

(iv) the relationship between any institutions within Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State and the UK Government and Parliamentary system

(v) the role of the UK Government and Parliament in respect of matters which are not brought within the responsibilities of institutions within Northern Ireland (including legislative procedures at Westminster).

(vi) the relationship, if any, between any institutions within Northern Ireland and the European Community

(vii) the arrangements for the protection of individual and community rights

(viii) arrangements for validating the outcome of the talks process as a whole insofar as the issues for discussions in strand one are concerned.]

[Editor's Note: Text in square brackets is largely from the version of the Workplan agreed in the afternoon of 29 May if the minutes suggest that it was already in place during the morning session.]

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