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Overview: Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992 Full Record: Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992 Session List

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Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992

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.

Tuesday, 20 February 1990

Committee Time Description
Hume-Brooke Meetings09:00:00[no time given] Meeting between John Hume and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Monday, 26 February 1990

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Inaugural meeting of British-Irish Interparliamentary Body

Friday, 02 March 1990

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in London

Thursday, 24 May 1990

Committee Time Description
Hume-Brooke Meetings09:00:00[no time given] Meeting between John Hume and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Monday, 28 May 1990

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Meeting between Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke, Taoiseach Charles Haughey, and Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Gerry Collins

Friday, 13 July 1990

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Meeting between Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke and Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerry Collins

Tuesday, 17 July 1990

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given]

Tuesday, 24 July 1990

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks11:20:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke via video link

Friday, 14 September 1990

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in Dublin

Tuesday, 18 September 1990

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks16:45:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke at Stormont

Tuesday, 11 December 1990

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks10:00:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Thursday, 17 January 1991

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks09:00:00Meeting between SDLP delegation and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke at Westminster [no time given]

Wednesday, 30 January 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks10:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Thursday, 31 January 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in Dublin

Monday, 25 March 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks11:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Wednesday, 27 March 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks19:30:00

Tuesday, 09 April 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in Belfast

Friday, 26 April 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Last meeting for 10-week period to allow for Brooke talks

Tuesday, 30 April 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Meeting to draw up the agenda for preliminary round of bilateral meetings. We do not have the records of this particular session, but it is used to represent the origin of the agenda for the forthcoming meetings.
British-SDLP Talks10:30:00Meeting between SDLP delegation and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke
British-Alliance Talks14:40:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Friday, 03 May 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks10:30:00Bilateral meeting between the Government Team and the Unionist delegations at Parliament Buildings at the beginning of the formal Talks process.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)12:00:00Conclusions from bilateral meetings on 7 May and 8 May are considered and compiled by the Chairman before being presented to the other delegations.

Tuesday, 07 May 1991

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks10:50:00Meeting between the SDLP delegation and the UK Government delegation to try to resolve the location of Strand 2.
British-Alliance Talks11:20:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation
British-Unionist Talks11:50:00Bilateral meeting between the Government Team and the Joint Unionist delegation in an attempt to resolve differences over the location of the Strand 2 talks.
Alderdice-Brooke Meetings12:00:00[no time given] Multiple meetings in afternoon
Hume-Brooke Meetings12:00:00[no time given] Multiple meetings in afternoon
Hume-Molyneaux-Paisley Meetings12:00:00[no time given] afternoon meeting
Alderdice-Hume Meetings12:00:00[no time given] afternoon meeting

Wednesday, 08 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Conclusions from bilateral meetings on 7 May and 8 May are considered and compiled by the Chairman before being presented to the other delegations.
British-Alliance Talks10:37:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation
British-SDLP Talks11:25:00Meeting between SDLP delegation and British delegation
British-Unionist Talks11:53:00Bilateral meeting between the Government Team and the Unionist delegations in an attempt to resolve differences over the location of Strand 2 talks.
British-SDLP Talks14:45:00The second bilateral meeting of 8 May between the UK Government Team and the SDLP
British-Alliance Talks15:55:00A bilateral meeting between the Alliance Party and the Government delegation held at 15:55 on 8 May 1991.
British-Unionist Talks16:23:00Bilateral meeting between the Government delegation and joint Unionist delegations on the afternoon of 8 May 1991.
British-Alliance Talks17:20:00Meeting between the Alliance delegation and the UK Government delegation on the evening of 8 May.
British-SDLP Talks17:30:00The third bilateral meeting of 8 May between the UK Government Team and the SDLP

Thursday, 09 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Conclusions from bilateral meetings on 9 May are considered and compiled by the Chairman before being presented to the other delegations.
British-SDLP Talks11:07:00Meeting between the SDLP delegation and the UK Government team at 11.07 on 9 May.
British-Unionist Talks12:18:00Bilateral meeting between the Government Team and the Unionist delegations at Parliament Buildings.
British-SDLP Talks14:05:00Bilateral meeting between the Government Team and the SDLP at Parliament Buildings on 9 May 1991 at 14:05.
British-Unionist Talks15:45:00Bilateral meeting between the Government Team and the Unionist delegations at 15:45 on 9 May 1991.
British-Alliance Talks16:00:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Friday, 10 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00This is session is created to take receipt of the Joint Unionist Press Statement on Friday 10 May.

Monday, 13 May 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks11:00:00A meeting between the Secretary of State and the leaders of the two Unionist parties to discuss the Unionist proposals to ease the stalemate over the venue for Strand 2. Concern is expressed over the perceived lack of movement on Articles 2 and 3, but the general tone is more emollient without the full delegation present.

Tuesday, 14 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00The Government team issues a proposal which is discussed with the SDLP and Alliance parties on 14 May. Communication with the Unionist delegation also take place but we have no minuted notes of a formal meeting with the delegation.
British-SDLP Talks15:30:00Bilateral Meeting between the Government Team and the SDLP held in Parliament Building at 15:30 on 14 May 1991.
British-Alliance Talks16:50:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation

Wednesday, 15 May 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks12:00:00The Unionist leaders meet with the Prime Minister. After the meeting issue a statement, indicating that they have received reassurances and are prepared to proceed with Strand 1 while issues regarding the Chairmanship and locations of Strands 2 and 3 are resolved. We do not have a record of the meeting and we do not know the precise timing. References to the meeting in the correspondence the following day indicate that it took place in the afternoon.

Thursday, 16 May 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks09:00:00This session is created to model an exchange of letters between the Secretary of State and the Joint Unionist delegation on 16 and 17 May 1991.

Monday, 20 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Resumption of formal bilaterals with the three delegations after the delay in the Unionist delegation accepting the government proposal of 14 May and the fall-out from their meeting with the Prime Minister on 15 May.
British-SDLP Talks12:10:00Bilateral Meeting between the Government Team and the SDLP held in Parliament Buildings at 12:10 on 20 May 1991.
British-Unionist Talks15:27:00Bilateral Meeting between the Government Team and the Joint Unionist Delegation held in Parliament Buildings at 15:27 on 20 May 1991.
British-SDLP Talks17:20:00Bilateral Meeting between the Government Team and the SDLP held in Parliament Buildings at 17:20 on 20 May 1991.
British-Alliance Talks18:17:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation

Tuesday, 21 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Bilateral meetings were held with the Unionists in order to redraft their position paper.
British-Unionist Talks11:30:00Bilateral Meeting with the Unionist Delegation at Parliament Buildings at 11:30am on 21 May 1991.
British-Unionist Talks17:35:00Bilateral Meeting with the Unionist Delegation at 17:35 of 21 May 1991.

Wednesday, 22 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00The Joint Unionist Position Paper of 21 May has been completed. The Secretary of State now seeks to resolve outstandig issues concerning the venue for Strand 2 and the terms of reference for the independent chairman. The identity of the chairman is considered to be a matter for the two governments.
British-Alliance Talks10:35:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation
British-Alliance Talks14:03:00Bilateral meeting between the Government and Alliance delegations to discuss the venue and chairman for Strand 2.
British-Unionist Talks14:40:00Bilateral Meeting held with the Unionist Parties in Parliament Buildings at 14:40 on 22 May 1991

Tuesday, 28 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Creation of the draft Workplan ahead of the sub-plenary meeting
British-Alliance Talks12:35:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation
British-Unionist Talks14:10:00Meeting between the Government Team and the Unionist delegations to discuss the draft Procedural Guidelines for the conduct of Strand 2.
Sub-Plenary Meetings17:30:00

Wednesday, 29 May 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00None
Sub-Plenary Meetings09:00:00[no time given for morning session]

Thursday, 30 May 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks10:45:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation

Monday, 03 June 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Creation of the statement on staffing; follow up meetings with the Unionist and Alliance delegations.
British-Unionist Talks14:37:00A meeting between the Government Team and representatives of the Joint Unionist Delegation to continue discussion of the the draft Procedural Guidelines, in particular amendments proposed by the Irish Government. Neither Unionist party leader was present. They are reported to be attending a funeral in Armagh.
British-Alliance Talks15:45:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation

Tuesday, 04 June 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00
British-Unionist Talks10:55:00Meeting between the Government Team and the Joint Unionist Delegations to finally agree on a number of working documents for Strand Two.

Wednesday, 05 June 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00
British-Alliance Talks12:05:00Meeting between Alliance delegation and the British Government delegation
Hume-Brooke Meetings18:00:00Meeting between Peter Brooke and John Hume, after which the SDLP have adopted the Procedural Guidelines and agreement to commence talks is reached between the four leaders.
Party Leaders20:00:00Representatives of the four parties meet and agree to start the plenary sessions of the talks on 17 June. (The time of the meeting is unknown. The newspapers reported 'last night' on 6 June.)

Monday, 17 June 1991

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations12:56:00First plenary

Tuesday, 18 June 1991

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:00:00
Business Committee Strand 110:00:00

Wednesday, 19 June 1991

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:36:00

Monday, 24 June 1991

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:34:00
Business Committee Strand 118:00:00

Tuesday, 25 June 1991

Committee Time Description
Business Committee Strand 110:00:00
All-Party Negotiations10:40:00

Wednesday, 26 June 1991

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00The Government Team draws up a checklist based on discussions of Workplan Item 6.
Business Committee Strand 110:00:00From the record, there were meetings of the Business Committee at 10:00 and at 14:25. At present we do not have the minutes of the morning session.
All-Party Negotiations14:21:00

Monday, 01 July 1991

Committee Time Description
Business Committee Strand 112:00:00According to the record of the plenary session on 1 July at 2.20pm, the Business Committee had just met. At present we do not have the minutes of this meeting.
All-Party Negotiations14:20:00

Tuesday, 02 July 1991

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:40:00

Wednesday, 03 July 1991

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:05:00

Tuesday, 16 July 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in Dublin

Friday, 02 August 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks09:00:00Phone call between Dr Alderdice and the Mr McNeill.

Monday, 16 September 1991

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks10:00:00Meeting between the Government Team and Mr Hume. [Exact time not given in the record.]
British-Alliance Talks19:00:00Meeting between John Alderdice and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke at Hillsborough Castle

Thursday, 03 October 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks09:00:00Telephone conversation between Dr Alderdice and Mr McNeill.

Monday, 14 October 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks12:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office Brian Mawhinney

Wednesday, 16 October 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in London

Tuesday, 22 October 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks14:00:00Meeting between John Alderdice and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Wednesday, 20 November 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in Dublin

Thursday, 21 November 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks09:00:00Meeting of the Government Team with a Unionist delegation - this meeting is referred to at the meeting on 12 December with Dr Paisley and Mr Molyneaux and also in the briefing notes for the meeting with Dr Alderdice on 16 December, but no record has been located for it.

Tuesday, 26 November 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks17:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Friday, 29 November 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks17:40:00BILATERAL WITH PARTY LEADER Meeting between Dr Alderdice and the Government Team.

Monday, 02 December 1991

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Meeting in Dublin

Wednesday, 04 December 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Meeting between British Prime Minister John Major and Taoiseach Charles Haughey in Dublin

Thursday, 05 December 1991

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks17:10:00Meeting between Government Team and an SDLP delegation.

Thursday, 12 December 1991

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks16:00:00Meeting of Government Delegation with Mr Molyneaux and Dr Paisley.

Thursday, 19 December 1991

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks15:00:00Meetings between the Government Team and SDLP delegation at 15;00 and 17:30.
British-Alliance Talks19:00:00Meeting between John Alderdice and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke at Westminster
British-Unionist Talks20:10:00Meeting between the Government Team and Dr Paisley, acting on behalf of the Unionist delegation.

Tuesday, 07 January 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks14:00:00Meeting between the Government Team and Mr Molyneaux and Dr Paisley.

Friday, 10 January 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks14:00:00Meeting between the Government Team and an SDLP delegation via video link.
British-Alliance Talks15:40:00Meeting via video link between Alliance delegation and British delegation

Monday, 13 January 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks09:30:00Meeting between the Government Team and Mr Molyneaux and Dr Paisley.

Thursday, 16 January 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks14:30:00Meeting between the Government Team and an SDLP delegation.

Wednesday, 22 January 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks13:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office Brian Mawhinney

Monday, 27 January 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders14:15:00Meeting of leaders of Alliance, SDLP, UUP and DUP at Westminster, under the chairmanship of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke

Tuesday, 11 February 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders15:45:00Leaders of the Northern Ireland political parties meet with the Prime Minister, John Major.

Monday, 24 February 1992

Committee Time Description
Briefing Meetings09:00:00[no time given]

Friday, 28 February 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders16:30:00Leaders of the Northern Ireland parties meet without representation from the UK government and agree to recommence talks before the election is called.

Monday, 02 March 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders09:30:00

Thursday, 05 March 1992

Committee Time Description
Briefing Meetings09:00:00[no time given]

Monday, 09 March 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:40:00
Business Committee Strand 116:15:00

Thursday, 09 April 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00A session to represent the General Election which saw a changeover in power from Peter Brooke to Patrick Mayhew as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and from Brian Mawhinney to Jeremy Hanley as Minister of State.

Friday, 17 April 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks15:00:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Patrick Mayhew

Friday, 24 April 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Invitations and letters are issued to the party delegations ahead of the new talks.

Monday, 27 April 1992

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given] Announcement of 3-month suspension to allow political talks to recommence

Wednesday, 29 April 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders10:30:00Meeting of the Party Leaders with the new Secretary of State prior to the first plenary session.
All-Party Negotiations11:35:00First plenary meeting under the Chairmanship of Patrick Mayhew following the General Election.
Business Committee Strand 114:32:00

Friday, 01 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00The paper Political Talks: Realities and Common Themes is redrafted and circulated.

Monday, 04 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Business Committee Strand 111:38:00

Tuesday, 05 May 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:35:00
Business Committee Strand 111:40:00
Party Leaders12:00:00A meeting of the Party Leaders is referenced between the meeting of the Business Committee and the afternoon plenary session.

Thursday, 07 May 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:21:00
Party Leaders11:30:00This meeting is referred to in the records of the plenary sessions which precede and follow it.
Business Committee Strand 111:40:00
Identities Sub-Committee14:15:00

Monday, 11 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee00:00:00[Editor's Note: This is not a real session.]
All-Party Negotiations10:33:00
British-SDLP Talks11:00:00Meeting of the Government and SDLP teams to discuss the work of the Structures sub-Committee.

Tuesday, 12 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:30:00

Wednesday, 13 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:35:00

Friday, 15 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders10:30:00Meeting of party leaders to discuss leaks to the press and the progress of the Structures Sub-Committee.
Political Structures Sub-Committee11:35:00
British-Unionist Talks12:30:00Meeting between Mr Mayhew, Mr Hanley, Mr Molyneaux and Dr Paisley.
British-SDLP Talks13:15:00Meeting between the Government Team and Mr Hume.
British-Alliance Talks13:30:00Meeting between the Government Team and Dr Alderdice.
All-Party Negotiations14:17:00

Monday, 18 May 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations12:15:00

Tuesday, 19 May 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:40:00

Wednesday, 20 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:30:00Briefing for the Government Team at 0930 ahead of the plenary meeting, followed by a debrief at the end of the day.
All-Party Negotiations10:32:00
British-Alliance Talks14:35:00Meeting between the Secretary of State and Dr Alderdice after the end of the plenary session on 20 May 1992.
British-SDLP Talks15:00:00Meeting between Patrick Mayhew and John Hume to discuss the impasse resulting from the SDLP proposal for externally appointed commissioners.

Thursday, 21 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders15:00:00Meeting of party leaders with the Secretary of State to discuss the impasse in Strand I talks and the possibility of transition to Strands II and III.

Tuesday, 26 May 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks12:00:00Meeting between the SDLP delegation and the Government Team to discuss the impasse in the Talks and the way forward. Exact time unknown, but meetings with party leaders delayed the start of the plenary session until 16:00.
British-Unionist Talks12:00:00
Party Leaders12:00:00Editor's Note: We do not have records from this session.
All-Party Negotiations16:00:00
Business Committee Strand 116:40:00

Wednesday, 27 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:30:00
British-Alliance Talks15:00:00Informal meeting between Mr Bell, Mr Hill, and members of the Alliance delegation following the sub-Committee meeting on 27 May.
British-Unionist Talks15:15:00Informal meeting between Mr Bell, Mr Hill, and a joint Unionist delegation following the sub-Committee meeting on 27 May.
British-SDLP Talks16:00:00

Friday, 29 May 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)07:00:00Preparation of a paper to be discussed at the Sub-Committee Meeting.
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:30:00

Monday, 01 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders10:40:00Meeting of the Party Leaders with the Secretary of State to discuss the report from the sub-Committee.
All-Party Negotiations12:12:00A short plenary to instruct the sub-Committee to continue its work.
British-Alliance Talks12:20:00Meeting between John Alderdice and the Secretary of State to discuss the SDLP negotiating position.
Political Structures Sub-Committee12:30:00
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)12:30:00Wash up meeting between various officials and the Secretary of State to discuss if and when the Prime Minister should be involved in the Talks.

Tuesday, 02 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:00:00The sub-Committee meetings were not minuted at this stage, and we do not have detailed accounts of discussions, only the documents that were generated each day.

Wednesday, 03 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:25:00Stock take after sub-Committee meetings on 2 June.
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:00:00The record shows that the sub-Committee met on the morning of 3 June. They agree to publish their draft proposals for discussion.
British-Unionist Talks10:20:00Meeting of a Unionist delegation with the Secretary of State.
British-SDLP Talks11:15:00Meeting between Mr Hume and the Secretary of State to discuss continuing the work of the Sub-Committee.
British-Alliance Talks11:30:00Meeting between Dr Alderdice and the Secretary of State ahead of the plenary session.
All-Party Negotiations12:52:00
British-Irish Bilateral Talks14:00:00Telephone call between Sir Patrick Mayhew and Mr Andrews.

Thursday, 04 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00A number of Government papers are created on this date and circulated to the delegates ahead of the sub-Committee meetings. These are modelled as originating from the Office of the Chairman.
British-Unionist Talks09:45:00Telephone call(s) between the Secretary of State and the two Unionist leaders after his call with Mr Andrews was leaked to the press. The exact time of the call or calls is not specified but it appears to have been in the morning. It is also not clear if it was a conference call on which all three spoke together, or if he called each in turn.
British-Unionist Talks16:00:00Meeting between the Secretary of State and Mr Molyneaux at the House of Commons. Arranged at Mr Molyneaux's request. The exact timing is unknown, but it took place in the afternoon, and therefore after the phone call the Secretary of State made to the Unionist leaders before Cabinet.

Friday, 05 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Proposals to write papers for the sub-Committee are received by the Talks Secretariat.
Political Structures Sub-Committee10:00:00A meeting of the sub-Committee which was subsequently adjourned out of respect on account of a tragic coach crash at Carrickfergus the evening before. After the formal adjournment, informal discussions and meetings seem to have continued throughout the morning. Notes preserved from these discussions are recorded as part of this meeting.

Monday, 08 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee09:00:00Meeting of the Sub-Committee. In the week commencing 8 June, most Sub-Committee meetings seem to have taken place in their respective Sub-Groups. One Sub-Group considered 'Westminister Links' while the other worked on the 'Outline Framework Document'. Papers are sent from the Sub-Committee as a whole to the Plenary and, as the minutes of discussion are scant, we are not modelling the Sub-Groups as separate Quill committees.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Papers continue to be prepared as a basis for discussion in the Sub-Committee.

Tuesday, 09 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee09:00:00Meetings of the Sub-Committee in two Sub-Groups continue.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Papers and reports on the work of the Sub-Committee are shown passing in and out of the Office of the Chairman

Wednesday, 10 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Political Structures Sub-Committee09:00:00Meetings of the Sub-Committee in two Sub-Groups continue.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00This session shows the drafting of the sub-committee reports.

Thursday, 11 June 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations11:50:00A 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.
British-SDLP Talks12:10:00Meeting between the Secretary of State and an SDLP delegation to discuss the transition to Strand II of the talks.
British-Unionist Talks12:30:00Meeting between the Secretary of State and the two Unionist leaders.
British-Alliance Talks13:20:00Meeting between the Government Team and Dr Alderdice.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)13:40:00Meeting of the Secretary of State and officials to try to secure transition to Strand II.
Party Leaders20:15:00A meeting between the Secretary of State and officials, Dr Paisley, Mr Hume, and Dr Alderdice.

Friday, 12 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:10:00Consultations regarding transition to Strands II and III.
Party Leaders11:30:00A series of meetings are held between different configurations of Party leaders as the transition to Strand II is further negotiated. Things become increasingly fraught but are finally resolved by the end of the day.
All-Party Negotiations11:40:00Two 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.
British-Unionist Talks15:25:00A series of meetings are held between different configurations of Unionists as the transition to Strand 2 is further negotiated. Mr Molyneaux seems keen to come to an agreement, whilst Dr Paisley is more reticent.
British-Irish Bilateral Talks16:00:00At 16:00, the Secretary of State phones Mr Andrews and secures his agreement to the transition package which is eventually rejected by the DUP. At 23:00, he speaks to him again and secures his agreement to the statement as finally agreed in the 21:52 Plenary meeting.
British-SDLP Talks16:20:00Mr Hume and the Secretary of State met twice over the course of the day to discuss versions of the Statement to Plenary and Dr Paisley's reservations regarding it.

Sunday, 14 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00An extensive briefing document is prepared ahead of the Strands 2 and 3 agenda-setting meetings.

Monday, 15 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00The Secretary of State exchanges letters with Dr Paisley prior to the Strand 2 agenda-setting meeting.

Tuesday, 16 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00A government paper on possible changes to the Anglo-Irish Agreement is circulated to members of the British Government delegation.
Political Structures Sub-Committee18:30:00

Wednesday, 17 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00The Secretary of State receives a reply from Dr Paisley. David Blatherwick, Graham Archer and David Hill all submit responses to Bryony Lodge's 'Successor to the Agreement' paper.
British-SDLP Talks10:00:00Meeting between Mr Fell (representing the Secretary of State) and Mr Hume regarding Pre-Strand 2 and Pre-Strand 3 meetings.

Thursday, 18 June 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Peter Bell, David Fell and Derek Hill all submit responses to Bryony Lodge's 'Successor to the Agreement' paper.

Friday, 19 June 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations09:00:00[no time given] A meeting held in the QE2 Conference Centre to discuss a possible agenda for Strand 2
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00
Office of the Strand 2 Independent Chairman09:00:00

Wednesday, 24 June 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks16:30:00[no time given] Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Patrick Mayhew

Tuesday, 30 June 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations14:38:00Strand 3 Preliminary Meeting
British-Alliance Talks16:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Patrick Mayhew

Wednesday, 01 July 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00David Hill prepares a briefing document for the Secretary of State, including a possible announcement to Plenary of the launch of Strands 2 and 3.
Party Leaders10:00:00We have no records of meetings on this day other than the Plenary meetings recorded in the All-Party Negotiations Committee. However, it is clear from those records that meetings with the Party Leaders also took place on this day.
All-Party Negotiations15:52:00Two 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.
Business Committee Strand 116:05:00We have no record of this meeting, but we know that at some point between 16:03 and 16:56, the Business Committee met and produced a draft press release.

Monday, 06 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations14:00:00The 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.

Tuesday, 07 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations09:45:00The second day of the Strand 2 Plenary. Opening presentations from the DUP and UUP, followed by questions.
Business Committee Strand 212:00:00[No time given – no record of meeting.] The Business Committee met during the lunchtime adjournment of the Plenary session.

Wednesday, 08 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations09:15:00

Wednesday, 15 July 1992

Committee Time Description
Business Committee Strand 210:00:00No record of meeting. It was agreed to hold it at 10:00, but we cannot be sure that that was the case.
All-Party Negotiations11:15:00The 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.
Business Committee Strand 217:10:00No record of this meeting. No time given. According to the draft media release for the Strand 2 Plenary session on 16 July, another meeting of the Business Committee was held after the Plenary session adjourned at 17:05.

Thursday, 16 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00The 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.
Business Committee Strand 217:00:00No record of this meeting. No time given. According to the draft media release for the Strand 2 Plenary session on 16 July, another meeting of the Business Committee was held after the Plenary session adjourned. We know from the minute of the Strand 2 Plenary session on 17 July that more agreement was reached on scheduling further Plenary meetings.

Friday, 17 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00The 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.
Business Committee Strand 212:00:00No record of this meeting. No time given. A Business Committee meeting during the lunchtime adjournment of the Plenary session.

Tuesday, 21 July 1992

Committee Time Description
Business Committee Strand 215:00:00

Wednesday, 22 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00The 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.

Thursday, 23 July 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00The 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.

Friday, 24 July 1992

Committee Time Description
Party Leaders10:00:00Meeting of party (delegation) leaders with Chairman of the Mayhew Talks Sir Ninian Stephen
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00
Business Committee Strand 212:00:00None

Tuesday, 28 July 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Opening session of Strand 3 talks

Friday, 28 August 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 2 Independent Chairman12:00:00Parties submitted position papers on Agenda Item 6 to the Independent Chairman as outlined in the Strand 2 Future Work Programme agreed in Plenary on 24 July 1992.

Tuesday, 01 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Business Committee Strand 209:00:00The Business Committee met to consider Papers concerning Agenda Item 6 and made a report to Plenary.

Wednesday, 02 September 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00
Strand 2 Sub-Committee14:30:00

Thursday, 03 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Strand 2 Sub-Committee10:30:00
British-Irish Bilateral Talks12:00:00[No time given]

Tuesday, 08 September 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks22:15:00A conversation between Jeremy Hanley and Peter Robinson

Wednesday, 09 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Strand 2 Sub-Committee10:30:00
British-Unionist Talks11:00:00[No time given]
British-Unionist Talks19:19:00The Secretary of State receives a letter from Jim Molyneaux

Thursday, 10 September 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks10:00:00[No time given] The Secretary of State receives a letter from Dr Paisley
Strand 2 Sub-Committee10:30:00
British-Unionist Talks15:00:00The Secretary of State receives a further letter from Ian Paisley
All-Party Negotiations16:30:00
British-SDLP Talks19:00:00[No time given] Dinner between John Hume, Patrick Mayhew, Jeremy Hanley and John Chilcot

Saturday, 12 September 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks12:00:00[No time given] Phone call between John Hume and John Chilcot

Monday, 14 September 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks15:00:00[No time given] A telephone call between David Fell and Reginald Empey

Wednesday, 16 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Strand 2 Sub-Committee09:00:00

Thursday, 17 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Strand 2 Sub-Committee09:00:00

Friday, 18 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Strand 2 Sub-Committee09:00:00
Business Committee Strand 209:00:00[no time given]

Monday, 21 September 1992

Committee Time Description
Strand 2 Sub-Committee09:00:00
All-Party Negotiations10:30:00[no time given - Alderdice Diary] Held in Dublin

Tuesday, 22 September 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations09:00:00[no time given - Alderdice Diary]
Strand 2 Sub-Committee09:00:00

Wednesday, 23 September 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations09:00:00[no time given - Alderdice Diary]
Strand 2 Sub-Committee09:00:00

Friday, 25 September 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Meeting between British Prime Minister John Major and Taoiseach Albert Reynolds in London

Wednesday, 30 September 1992

Committee Time Description
All-Party Negotiations09:00:00[no time given] DUP returned

Friday, 09 October 1992

Committee Time Description
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00

Tuesday, 13 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Unionist Talks08:15:00Meeting between DUP and Secretary of State.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)08:15:00Conclusions of a bilateral with the DUP.

Wednesday, 14 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks17:30:00Meeting between Government Team and an SDLP delegation.

Wednesday, 21 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks12:30:00Meeting between members of the Alliance Party delegation, led by John Alderdice, and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Patrick Mayhew.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)12:30:00Conclusions of a bilateral with the Alliance Party.

Friday, 23 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks12:30:00
British-Unionist Talks17:05:00Meeting between DUP and Secretary of State.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)17:05:00Conclusions of bilaterals with the DUP, Irish Officials, and the SDLP.

Tuesday, 27 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks09:00:00Meeting between the Government Team and members of the Alliance delegation.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Conclusions of a bilateral with the Alliance Party.

Wednesday, 28 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks15:00:00Meeting between Government Team and an SDLP delegation.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)15:00:00Conclusions of a bilateral with the SDLP.

Thursday, 29 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-SDLP Talks09:00:00Meeting between Government Team and an SDLP delegation.
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] NA1992_ CJ49900_Internal Record of Bilateral with Irish Ministers 29 October
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)09:00:00Conclusions of a bilateral with the SDLP.

Friday, 30 October 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] NA1992_CJ49900_Internal Record of Bilateral with Irish Ministers 30 October

Tuesday, 03 November 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks12:30:00Meeting between Government Team and members of the Alliance delegation.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)12:30:00Conclusions of a bilateral with the Alliance Party.

Wednesday, 04 November 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] NA1992_CJ49900_Internal Record of Meeting with Irish Officials 4 November

Thursday, 05 November 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] Meeting with Irish officials which produced a draft joint statement regarding the end of the Talks.
Party Leaders14:30:00Meeting of the party leaders under the chairmanship of Sir Ninian Stephen
British-Unionist Talks14:45:00Meeting between Secretary of State, Mr Molyneaux, and Dr Paisley.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)14:45:00Conclusions of a bilateral between the Secretary of State and the Unionist leaders.

Friday, 06 November 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Irish Bilateral Talks09:00:00[no time given] NA1992_ CJ49900_Internal Record of Meeting with Irish Ministers 6 November
Party Leaders16:00:00Meeting of party (delegation) leaders with Chairman of the Mayhew Talks Sir Ninian Stephen
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)16:00:00Conclusions of a meeting between the Secretary of State, Independent Chairman, and the party leaders. Also the further development of a draft joint statement between participants.

Monday, 09 November 1992

Committee Time Description
Drafting Committee09:00:00Meeting between representatives of the UK Government, Irish Government, and four parties on the putting together of a joint statement.

Tuesday, 10 November 1992

Committee Time Description
Drafting Committee10:00:00The Committee produces a draft statement which is reviewed later in the day, and a revised version is prepared for presentation to the plenary.
All-Party Negotiations15:00:00[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.
Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation)15:00:00Documents from the plenary session of the day.

Monday, 16 November 1992

Committee Time Description
Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Conference09:00:00[no time given]

Tuesday, 24 November 1992

Committee Time Description
British-Alliance Talks11:30:00Meeting between John Alderdice and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Patrick Mayhew