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• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  [Editor's Note: 'It was agreed'.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The press statement was agreed.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  [Editor's Note: No objection was made.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  [Editor's Note: No objection was made.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  the Government Team explained the next steps were dependent on Sir Ninian Stephen. The Strand I sub-Committee would however continue to meet.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  The Alliance Principles and Analysis: An Introductory Presentation from Alliance Leader, Dr John Alderdice to the Inter-Party Conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Minute's Silence

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Press Statement

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Press Statement

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Adjournment for Lunch

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  3. Dr Paisley, in humourous mood, signified his contentment with this arrangement as did the other leaders of the delegations present.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Press Statement

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Making Position Papers Public

  People: Peter Brooke John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  Adjournment for tea

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  45. The meeting concluded at 3.50 pm. The first part of the meeting was generally quite relaxed; in the second the atmosphere was more attentive. There seemed to be quite genuine surprise that the Secretary of State's position was constrained by wider...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  12. Discussion on the Government's opening statement ended at 1630 and the Secretary of State noted that the whole process of clarification of the various position papers was now complete. [Editor's Note: We will now note Peter Brooke's Opening...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Business Committee Members to Report to Delegations During the Interval

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Press Statement

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Report on the Business Committee

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  At this point Mr Cunningham observed that he too had identified common themes in the papers. But if they were agreed the result would be broad principles; it was difficult to work backwards to structures from this point.

  People: Josias Cunningham
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Government Team: Secretary of State Minister of State* Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas* Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat: Mr D J R Hill Mr Hallett Others present: Mr Pawson Alliance Party: Dr Alderdice Mr Neeson Mr Dickson Mr McBride Mrs Bell Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Dr Alderdice commented that much useful work had indeed been done, but that too much time should not be spent on this exercise. If there were real convergence, it should be possible to agree general principles pretty promptly. The Minister of State...

  People: John Hume Ian Paisley John Alderdice Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  7. Returning to the Government paper, Dr Paisley made clear that there was a misapprehension about Unionist attitudes. It would be impossible to get anywhere without discussion of specifics, and there seemed to be a reticence [sic] to do this. The...

  People: John Hume Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Working Document: Political Talks Realities and Common Themes - Paragraph 16

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  5. Mr Hume said, at this point, that he felt that the discussion that had taken place that day had been unreal. He and the SDLP had thought that they were coming to the process to address the problems of Northern Ireland and possible solutions. All...

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Press Release

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  [Editor's Note: The press release was accepted with one amendment.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  9. Dr Paisley then asked if Item 7 of the Workplan had been reached. The Minister of State replied that business now rested with the very last words of Item 6. All parties had identified common themes; he felt it would be useful to pick eight headings...

  People: John Hume Seamus Close Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  3. Responding (as might be expected to this red rag) Dr Paisley quoted from Section 1 of the 1973 Northern Ireland Constitution Act and proposed that it should be truncated to read "Northern Ireland is a part of ..... the UK and shall not cease to be...

  People: John Alderdice Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Government Team Secretary of State Minister of State PUS Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat Mr D J R Hill Mr Brooker Mr Hallett Others Present Mr Pawson Alliance Party Dr Alderdice Mr Close Mr Maguire Mr Dickson Mrs...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Begin with a Summary of Previous Day's Proceedings

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Government Team Secretary of State Minister of State PUS Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat Mr D J R Hill Mr Pope Mr Marsh Mr Hallett Mr Watson Others present Mr Pawson Alliance Party Dr Alderdice Mr Close Mr Dickson Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Press Statement

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  6. Mr McGimpsey said that, before the teabreak, the meeting had discussed the constitutional position and had then gone on to refer to self-determination. Since then, Mr Hume had raised the question of other models and identities. This was not getting...

  People: William McCrea Brian Mawhinney Ian Paisley Chris McGimpsey John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Press Statement: Alliance Party Amendment

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  [Editor's Note: The comments of the various parties indicate that the Alliance proposal is rejected.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  10. The Secretary of State said that in the absence of further comments, he regarded the press statement as approved. It would now be issued.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Press Releases by Parties

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  The Minister of State offered the view that the discussion whilst inconclusive in terms of reaching agreed position around the table, had nevertheless been helpful and views on the matter had been "well ventilated". He concluded his opening remarks by...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  All agreed to the text (copy attached).

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  19. Dr Paisley said however that the DUP were about to issue a press statement. The Secretary of State commented that he hoped this would reflect the spirit of avoiding recrimination. Dr Paisley replied that the statement would set out the position as...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: The removal of this section was agreed by all parties.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Dr Paisley then intervened to say that there was clearly no general support for a statement on Northern Ireland's status - there was no use "codding". The Minister of State said that he was trying to draw a distinction between a theoretical discussion...

  People: John Hume Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Mr McGimpsey said that the issue under discussion was not one for victory or defeat. Unionists were seeking a statement which all could live with and there was no point in going forward without that. He had thought that the SDLP could live with the...

  People: Chris McGimpsey John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  12. Referring back to Dr Paisley's earlier statement, the Minister of State denied that the Government Team were attempting to "fudge" the issue - they were rather trying to delineate the various positions. The UUP and SDLP position papers had both...

  People: John Hume Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  14. Mr Mallon, in a departure from his earlier unhelpful interventions, said that the process might be helped if the question of the constitutional status could be broken down between three distinctions. These were (a) the Unionist position, (b) the...

  People: Séamus Mallon William McCrea Brian Mawhinney John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Opportunity to Comment on Practical Arrangements

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Copies of Opening Presentations To Be Made Available

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Working Document: Political Talks Realities and Common Themes: Paragraph 18

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  13. Mr Mallon then outlined his position with regard to the nature of the Northern Ireland problem. He continued by saying that it was the SDLP's well stated view that the core of the problem focused on their belief that two "identities" existed in...

  People: Séamus Mallon Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Repeating qualifications like "as long as people wanted" gave encouragement and hope to those who wished to destroy Northern Ireland. He had heard it from the SDLP, the old Liberal Party, the Labour Party etc. The people of Northern Ireland had had...

  People: Josias Cunningham Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  [Editor's Note: This practice was so agreed and followed.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Housekeeping Arrangements

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  [Editor's Note: The opening remarks of the Secretary of State recorded in the fuller record of the meeting appear to be uncontroversial, but also lead to the DUP proposal which follows.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  9. Dr Paisley rejoined that he was sure that everyone present was there to try and find a solution and he was certainly not trying to score points. He hoped that there would be a further opportunity to seek clarification on the SDLP's position the...

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  18. The Minister of State then turned to Dr Alderdice for his views. 19. Dr Alderdice opened saying that there was more to the problem of defining identities in the Province than to simply argue from a position of there being only two as the SDLP were...

  People: John Alderdice Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  14. The Minister of State observed that the fact was that every piece of legislation since 1920 had contained some element of conditionality; the origin of the current formulation lay in the 1949 Act. From the beginning there had always been the...

  People: Josias Cunningham Brian Mawhinney Paul Maguire Ian Paisley John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Circulation of John Hume's Statement

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Appointment of a Business Committee

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  [Mr Robinson, Rev Smyth, Mr Haughey and Mr Close were nominated to this committee].

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  31. Dr Paisley opened his remarks by stating that he believed the SDLP wished to propose more than equal recognition for their people. But the SDLP in their paper were not saying that all parties were to be recognised. Dr Paisley added that the SDLP...

  People: Chris McGimpsey Reg Empey Ian Paisley Denis Haughey
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Statement of the Chairman on Ending the Current Talks

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  17. Mr Hume intervened to say that all this was at the heart of the problem. The SDLP wanted to get the problem defined. Some parties reinforced their own views; this was fair enough but did not necessarily address the problem. Continuing, Mr Hume said...

  People: Josias Cunningham Brian Mawhinney Ian Paisley John Hume Denny Vitty
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Press Statement To Be Agreed

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Alderdice Amendment: Press Statement

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Paisley Amendment: Press Statement

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Press Statement - Remove Condemnation of Violence

  People: Jim Molyneaux William McCrea Ian Paisley John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  10. Mr Molyneaux asked why if the SDLP believed that Nationalists had been disadvantaged under direct rule they thought their situation would be better under a local administration in which pro-Union groups would be in the majority. Mr Hume said that...

  People: Jim Molyneaux John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  2. The Secretary of State recalled that the previous day's meeting had adjourned to give the other parties an opportunity to consider the SDLP document overnight. Dr Paisley said that there were a number of points he wished to make. He was not trying...

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Paragraph 18: (At this point Mr Donaldson joined the meeting.)

  People: Jeffrey Donaldson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  [Off-Record Discussion: Paisley and Brooke Discuss Sir Ninian Stephen's Comments About Admitting Sinn Fein to the Talks]

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  DUP Opening Statement Followed by Adjournment

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Mr Hume agreed.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Agree Press Statement

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Publication of Unionist Position Papers

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  The Secretary of State confirmed this. [Mr Wilson left the room rather hurriedly]. [Editor's Note: The square brackets appear in the original form of the minutes. There may be an implication that Mr Wilson is going to try to retrieve the UUP position...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Paisley Amendment to Press Statement

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  [Amendments to this effect were made and a copy of the final version of the statement is attached at Annex C.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Paragraph 36 24. The Minister of State noted that Mr Hume had said that progress would only be possible if each side accepted that the other were not about to change their views and asked what Mr Molyneaux had meant when he had said that 'it is the...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Questioning of UUP to End

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  [Editor's Note: The Minister of State pressed on.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Fairness in Questioning

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  9. The Minister of State reminded Mr Molyneaux that Mr McGrady had asked him if there was any distinction between being British and being a Unionist and that he had replied that Northern Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom. Dr Paisley, on the...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  The Secretary of State said that when he had asked Dr Paisley, on that occasion, how many more questions he was intending to put to Mr Hume he had done so in order to try and establish a timescale and not to limit the UDUP leader's questioning in any way.

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  The Secretary of State agreed and said that the media's interest in the process generally had not always been helpful.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Dr Paisley said that he had never agreed to the Talks ending on a specific date he had only agreed to a specific period of time [10 weeks] and because of various delays that period had only got under way on 17 June. He had heard that Sir Ninian was...

  People: John Hume Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Mr Molyneaux reminded the Secretary of State that he had told him the previous year that any break in the continuity of the process would be disastrous and said that he still stood by that opinion.

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  30. Dr Paisley pointed out that various things that had been said in the parties opening statements had already been leaked to the press and said that in order to set the record straight he was hoping to give them the entire text of his own statement...

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Mr Watson

  People: Mr Watson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  Delicate Negotiations to be Conducted in a Smaller Circle

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  Adjournment for Refreshments

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  Dr Paisley recommended that the meeting continue to 11.45. [Editor's Note: The meeting does indeed continue until 11.45am.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  Business for the Afternoon of 24 June

  People: Jim Molyneaux Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  Move on to Questioning of the Government Team

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  [Editor's Note: It was so agreed. As a minor correction will be made to the DUP paper later in the meeting, we will not mark 'UDUP Opening Statement - Debate Proposal' as dropped until that point, although formal questioning has ended here.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  Meeting Adjournment

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 17 Jun 1991, 12:56
  9. Mr Hume said that he was quite happy to do so. [Mr Haughey left the room at this point to produce copies of the statement]. [...] 12. Dr Paisley asked when the delegations would be receiving copies of Mr Hume's opening statement to which Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  [Editor's Note: The meeting adjourns here.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  8. The meeting concluded at 3.55 pm. The mood throughout was relaxed. Some of the more purple passages of Dr Paisley's statement including his reference to 'Tory dog-jargon' and to 'a wilful and headstrong woman intoxicated with the poisoned chalice of...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  3. Dr Paisley asked what the plenary meeting would be discussing once the process of clarifying opening statements had been concluded. The Secretary of State referred him to item 6 of the agreed work plan. [Item 6: ' ... It is envisaged that in the...

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  Opportunity for Clarification

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  [Editor's Note: This decision appears to have been taken as the meeting proceeds.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  19. The meeting then broke for coffee. S M Pope Talks Secretariat

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  28. At this point the Secretary of State adjourned the session for refreshments. T WATSON June 1991

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jun 1991, 10:34
  At this point Mr Molyneaux left the proceedings at 11.38.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  Mallon Amendment: Start Meetings Earlier

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  The Minister of State replied, to general amusement, in a way which made clear that it was his own party leader who was most opposed to this. The 10.30 start time represented a generally acceptable compromise. Mr Mallon took the point.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 18 Jun 1991, 10:00
  [Editor's Note: The Business Committee recommendations stand, the Mallon amendment having been rejected.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Adjournment

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Proposal to Plenary: Recommendations of the Business Committee on Interactions with the Media

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Proposal to Plenary: Blackout of media interaction to include NIO officials

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  At this point Mr Hume observed that he had been stopped by the media on the way in and had the words of "another party leader" quoted to him, but had declined to say anything.

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  5. Mr Molyneaux asked whether Sir Ninian Stephen was included in the ban. Mr Robinson observed that he thought the procedural guidelines for the second strand precluded Sir Ninian from making any statements; he disagreed with the Secretary of State's...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Ian Paisley Peter Brooke Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  [Editor's note: it was so agreed: see comment on 'made clear to delegates and others that a total blackout of proceedings in Parliament Buildings should now apply']

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: No objection can feasibly made to this.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Suggestion to check in with delegations at 11.30

  People: David Trimble Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  6. The meeting therefore adjourned at 10.45.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Alliance Party Proposals for an Amended Programme

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Meeting of the Business Committee

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  The Secretary of State replied that he wished to have some sense of the parties' views in plenary session first; to move straight into the Business Committee would be premature.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  3. Mr Hume observed that the whole situation had been created by the presumption of a deadline. He had heard from the media this morning that Dr Paisley was saying that the deadline was now 8 July, not 10 July as had previously seemed to be the case....

  People: Peter Brooke John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  If Mr Molyneaux's technical points were modest, it should be possible to deal with them across the table.

  People: Sammy Wilson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  5. Mr Hume said that he accepted the Secretary of State's points, and that he appreciated the Alliance Party's motives. There was now some doubt about the precise deadline; he had heard about it outside the door rather than in a meeting. He wished to...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Peter Brooke Séamus Mallon Ian Paisley John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Mr Hume repeated that there was a deadline in existence which nobody wished to discuss. The Secretary of State reminded him that the Unionist leaders had said in the House of Commons that were the Intergovernmental Conference to take place on 16 July...

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Agenda: That Parties Present Views in Turn

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: This approach is adopted.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  14. Mr Hume then delivered a further response to the paper. He said that it could not work for a number of reasons. Implicit in it was the re-negotiation of existing understanding. And it was discourteous, to say the least, to ask another sovereign...

  People: Peter Brooke John Hume Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Opportunity for Business Committee to Speak

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  16. The Minister of State accordingly reported

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  that the Business Committee that morning had first dealt with the media, and then moved on to intensification. He had invited the Unionists to speak first to their paper. They had said that it still stood, and that they wanted reactions. (At this point...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Adjournment for Lunch and a Meeting of the Business Committee

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Query about "Two weeks"

  People: Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Mr Robinson said that while he took on board Mr Hume's point, he still felt that elements of the Alliance paper were ultra vires; Dr Paisley added that some of it was an amendment to the Unionist paper.

  People: John Hume Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  20. At this point, Mr Mallon asked for clarification of the status of the two papers. The Secretary of State repeated that the Business Committee had met the previous evening to discuss the content and timing of the next fortnight's work. The Alliance...

  People: Séamus Mallon Peter Brooke Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  21. Mr Hume observed that in the terms of the 26 March statement there was no fixed time for the first strand. The Secretary of State would decide, after consultation, when to move to the second strand. It now appeared that that could not be completed...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Peter Brooke William McCrea Eddie McGrady John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: British-Alliance Talks, Date: 20 May 1991, 18:17
  Dr Alderdice's final comment concerned the Unionist version of the No 10 meeting, the Secretary of State's version and expressed the hope that they would soon have "the authorised version". He said they looked forward to receiving and studying it.

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: British-Alliance Talks, Date: 20 May 1991, 18:17
  [Editor's Note: The meeting adjourns.] KEN LINDSAY 20 May 1991

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 19 Jun 1991, 10:36
  The meeting broke for tea at 3.55 pm. The mood of the first half had been generally quite business like. Mr McGrady's questioning had been polite and obviously well prepared; Mr Molyneaux's answers supremely cautious. The other delegates had watched...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  The Secretary of State, observing that the time was now 12:40, said that there appeared to be no meeting of minds. The Alliance Party's proposal would exceed the terms of the 26 March statement and would therefore involve the assent of others not...

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:00
  During the adjournment the plenary session meets, adjourns for delegations to consider the Alliance proposals, and then reconvenes before adjourning for lunch.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  30. At this point the Secretary of State proposed an adjournment for tea, with a resumption at 1605. EC HALLETT

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Constitutional Status: Unionist Amendment Move Item 11

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Nature of the Northern Ireland Community

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Nature of the Northern Ireland Community: UUP Position

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Nature of the Northern Ireland Community: Alliance Position

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Nature of the Northern Ireland Community: UDUP Position

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:00
  The Alliance Party noted that the inter-relationship between the various strands of the process had become vitally important. They agreed that, if there was little prospect of agreement, parties would be operating in a vaccum [sic] and would react...

  People: Seamus Close Denis Haughey
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  13. Dr Paisley referred to the Secretary of State's remarks about the status of Northern Ireland in his statement of 5 July 1990. What he had said then was correct, but it was also necessary to take account of the fact that there had been a change in...

  People: David Trimble Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  21. Mr Molyneaux commented that his ideal was a devolved Government in which both communities would be represented and might approach the UK Government together on matters concerning Northern Ireland.

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  [At this point, the members of the Business Committee joined the plenary session].

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  This plenary meeting of Strand One of the Talks took place in Parliament Buildings between 1605 and 1730 on Tuesday 25 June. The work of this session involved further consideration of the document entitled Workplan Item 6, particularly key points 4 and...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Comment 13. This session saw a further development of the more relaxed and yet deeper interchange of ideas which had began in the previous session. There was also the beginnings of a negotiation in the exchanges between Mr Robinson and Mr Hume. TALKS...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Business in the Evening Session and Following Day Would Continue to Deal with Workplan Item 6

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: It was so agreed.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Local Institutions

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Nature of the Northern Ireland Community: SDLP Position

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  20. Dr Paisley said that we were addressing the heart of the problem. The Nationalist community had taken the position that their real loyalty lay with the Southern Government. For thisreason, they did not accept the Government security forces and...

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  22. Mr Hume said that the difficulty was not disagreement about solutions but disagreement about the nature of the problem. That was the basis for the approach in the SDLP paper which set out their view of the problem. Mr Molyneaux had said that the...

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  23. Dr Paisley said that as Mr Hume had given his version of history, it was necessary to give the Protestant version. Mr Hume had referred to Nationalist fears in Northern Ireland. There had, however, through history been a series of attempts to...

  People: David Trimble Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  9. The Secretary of State asked if anybody wished to address item 7. Mr Trimble said that it would be necessary to consider what was the appropriate range of legislative powers which might be devolved. Those in the 1973 Act had, for example, been drawn...

  People: David Trimble Ian Paisley Peter Brooke John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  30. Rev McCrea said that all parties wanted harmonious relations with the Irish Republic. There clearly were areas of mutual interest. It was necessary to remember, however, that respect was a two way process. No Unionist wished to interfere in the...

  People: William McCrea Séamus Mallon Ken Maginnis Ian Paisley Peter Robinson John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  The Three Relationships

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  26. Mr Hume asked whether Unionists accepted the SDLP description of two identities. Mr Trimble commented that he had tried to clarify Mr Hume's definition but without success. The Secretary of State asked whether Mr Hume' s definition of the...

  People: John Hume Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  27. Dr Alderdice said that Gladstone had made a fundamental mistake in attempting to solve the problem by constructing boundaries. This simply exacerbated the problem by creating new minorities. Lloyd George had also made the mistake of attempting to...

  People: Séamus Mallon Ian Paisley John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  2. The Secretary of State began by asking Dr Paisley to expand on his comment at an earlier session about nationalists saying to unionists that they did not accept the Government in Northern Ireland. Surely they accepted the authority of the Government...

  People: John Hume Peter Brooke Eddie McGrady Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  The Secretary of State proposed that it would be better to tackle these issues the following day, when minds were fresh.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Mr Hume to Ask Irish Government to Delay the Ango Irish Conference

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  45. This heart to heart appeal across the table, following absorbing and fundamental discussion of the previous hour was clearly intended and timed (it being just before 8.30 pm) to have a significant impact.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Unfortunately Mr Hume had no time to do more than mutter that we had heard what Dr Paisley had said before.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  5. Mr McCrea countered this by saying that experience at local council level showed the SDLP only willing to share power in a partial way. He said that the Protestant community in his constituency knew very well about the disadvantages of Direct Rule...

  People: William McCrea Jim Molyneaux Eddie McGrady Brian Mawhinney Ian Paisley Jim Nicholson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  9. Mr Robinson brought the discussion on to the need to accommodate the two distinct communal identities. He said that the British and Irish identities had found expression in various ways, both cultural and political but that a political identity...

  People: Peter Robinson John Hume Jim Nicholson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Business Committee Report and Adjournment

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  The Minister of State said that the Business Committee had not resolved its problems and would resume at 10.00 am the following morning.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Comment 49. This session involved serious discussion of some fundamental issues in a way which most delegates clearly found both fascinating and encouraging. A number of statements from the SDLP in particular seemed calculated to reassure Unionists...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  10. Dr Alderdice commented that like the Unionists his predecessor had not been consulted in any way prior to the signing of the Anglo Irish Agreement. He asked unionists to think about why the British Government had treated them in this way over a...

  People: Peter Robinson Jim Molyneaux John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  3. Mr Hume said that it was an indignity for Northern Ireland that local politicians were not directly involved in Government. This devalued the political process. It would be obviously be better to have such local involvement. 4. The Secretary of...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Peter Brooke Ian Paisley John Hume David Trimble John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Government Team Secretary of State Minister of State Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat Mr Hill Mr Rodell Also Present Mr Pawson Alliance Party Dr Alderdice Mr Close Mr Neeson Mr Bell Mr Dickson Mr McBride Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  A plenary meeting of strand one of the Talks took place at Parliament Buildings between 10.30 am and 11.35 am on 26 June.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Dr Paisley to Continue Questioning Mr Hume

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: Dr Paisley recommences the discussion of the North/South relationship.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  External Relationships: Dealing with Articles 2 and 3

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  12. Mr Molyneaux said that in any future arrangements, anything similar to Article 4 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement would not be acceptable since this envisaged the Conference determining which matters might be devolved, thus determining the role and...

  People: Peter Brooke Jim Molyneaux Ian Paisley David Trimble John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  20. Turning to item 12, the Secretary of State said that he detected general support for the need for good and harmonious relations with the Irish Republic. It was more difficult to decide whether these should be institutionalised. 21. Mr Molyneaux...

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley John Alderdice Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  24. The Secretary of State then invited comments on item 14. 25. Mr Hume said that it was necessary to give adequate attention to all the relationships. The SDLP would have views on both formal and informal relations at different levels on EC matters...

  People: Peter Brooke Ken Maginnis John Hume Jim Nicholson John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [6. Dr Paisley explained that he wished to speak that afternoon in a debate at Westminster on European Union and would have to leave. Mr Mallon challenged his sense of priorities and Dr Paisley retorted that no-one had done as much to clear their diary...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  People Wait Their Turn to Speak

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  He [the Secretary of State] asked Mr Molyneaux to clarify his earlier remarks about developments in Eastern Europe. Mr Molyneaux replied that accession of the Eastern European countries would change the character of the European Community and bring an...

  People: Peter Brooke Jim Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  39. Mr Robinson, resuming his earlier line of questioning, said that Mr Hume had argued that Unionists were not pro-British but rather against joining the Irish Republic. The Sinn Fein identity was basically anti-British. To what extent was there a...

  People: Séamus Mallon Brian Mawhinney Ian Paisley Peter Robinson John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: Calm appears to be restored.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  13. The Minister of State asked Mr Robinson if he accepted that in the real world the only way that Articles 2 and 3 would be removed was in the context of a wider agreement.

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Robinson said that in real political world [sic] it was not possible for Unionists to have a positive relationship with the Republic unless Articles 2 and 3 were removed but that he accepted that in order to achieve that it would be necessary to...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Adjournment for Coffee

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Given the excellent tone of the final session of the previous day the tone of the exchanges at the beginning of this meeting was somewhat disappointing. The Unionist delegations were clearly unhappy about being lectured by Mr Hume on the ineptitude of...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: The meeting adjourns.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Government Team Secretary of State Minister of State Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat Mr Hill Mr Hallett Others Present Mr Pawson Alliance Party Dr Alderdice Mr Neeson Mr Close Mr Dickson Mr Morrow Mr McBride Mrs...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 25 Jun 1991, 10:40
  Mr Robinson asked, with regard to the re-assessment of nationalist views, whether this had become possible because the posture of the British Government was no longer seen as aggressive towards Irish  nationalism, Mr Hume replied that the...

  People: John Hume Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Dr Paisley said that Mr Robinson had been pointing out to the SDLP that it was the fact that the British Government had adopted a new attitude to the Nationalist community which had made it possible for that community to review its attitudes and that...

  People: John Hume Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Dr Paisley disputed the fact that the Irish Constitution was a product of the Civil War and said that far from representing the will of the people it had been passed by a very narrow majority. The Unionists point of view was that Articles 2 and 3 were...

  People: John Hume Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  The meeting began at 11.50 and concluded at 12.50. It resumed consideration of the checklist of issues entitled ''General Principles and Perceived Political Realities and Requirements: Key Points".

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Avoid Repetition of Points Concerning Articles 2 and 3

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Deal with Articles 2 and 3 in Strand Two

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  17. Mr Maginnis asked whether Dr Alderdice disapproved of his suggestion of using a Bill of Rights to, encompass the aspiration to unity. Dr Alderdice replied that he had no problem with a Bill of Rights, but did not see this as a substitute for...

  People: John Alderdice Ken Maginnis
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  18. The Secretary of State said that he hoped that Item 15, dealing with "relevant external relationships", could be looked at in the context of Strand One. [Editor's Note: The Secretary of State now moves discussion on to the next item on the Workplan.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  10. Mr Robinson suggested that there were three ways to approach Articles 2 and 3, you could say that they were wrong and should be removed, you could say that a new agreement should be reached first and then Articles 2 and 3 should be re-examined, or...

  People: Séamus Mallon Peter Robinson John Hume David Trimble John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  The Minister of State asked Mr Hume if he thought that some of the reluctance in the Republic to abandon Articles 2 and 3 arose from a fear that to do so would undermine the very identity of the Irish people. Mr Hume said that this was a question that...

  People: William McCrea John Hume Eddie McGrady Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Involvement of Republic of Ireland in Northern Ireland

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  (Mr Hume interjected that the SDLP had always represented their own people directly). Mr Robinson confirmed that Mr Hume's attitude was a helpful factor but there were many other issues which needed to be addressed.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: This item is marked as adopted without objection as some consensus is reached on the headline statements on the Workplan and discussion will now move forward to the next item on the list.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Adjournment for Lunch

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Comment 27. This was an interesting session which saw quite a lot of coded negotiation going on, especially between Mr Robinson and Mr Hume (see paragraph 19 et seq). Mr Molyneaux said very little and was clearly disturbed by what was happening. E C HALLETT

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  2. Mr Hume said that emotive issues were being raised. Delegates could continue to "wave flags" or seek a more constructive way of moving forward. The SDLP could say, for example, that Northern Ireland was an unnatural creation whose borders had been...

  People: John Hume William McCrea
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  7. Mr Maginnis said that he was worried that the SDLP were drawing away from the core issue of Articles 2 and 3. The question had become more acute as a result of the Irish Government being given an improper say in Northern Ireland through the...

  People: John Hume Eddie McGrady Ken Maginnis
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  15. Mr Trimble said, with regard to Articles 2 and 3, that they were not helpful in achieving stability. A stable framework was necessary if progress was to be made. Such stability could not exist if efforts were made to change the framework. Articles...

  People: David Trimble John Alderdice John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: The meeting adjourned.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Constitutional Politics/Defeating Terrorism: Items 18 and 19 [Security Benefits of Political Agreement]

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Constitutional Politics/Defeating Terrorism: Resolution to the Problem Lies with the Two Governments

  People: Ken Maginnis
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  18. The meeting adjourned at 3.45 pm. It had been cordial and generally constructive throughout. All delegations had avoided taking extreme positions and these seemed to be genuine attempts, especially on the part of Messrs. Robinson, Hume and Mallon,...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Maginnis said that he would still like clarification of why abolishing Articles 2 and 3 would be a "body blow" to Northern Ireland nationalists. This now seemed to be the only justification put forward for retaining them. Mr Hume replied that it was...

  People: Séamus Mallon Peter Brooke Ken Maginnis John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Hume commented that the discussion so far had confirmed his view that the central relationship to be addressed was the North/South one. 19. Mr Robinson said that he would like clarification of some concepts in the SDLP paper. With regard to...

  People: John Hume Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Government Team Secretary of State Minister of State Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat Mr Hill Mr Lindsay Also present Mr Pawson Alliance Party Dr Alderdice Mr Close Mr Neeson Mrs Bell Mr McBride Mr Morrow Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  This plenary meeting of Strand One of the Talks took place between 16.10 and 17.30 hours on Wednesday 26 June. The work of the session involved further consideration of the document entitled Workplan Item 6 beginning with key point 19 on the potential...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  6. Mr Mallon, in a lengthy and penetrating analysis which appeared to command the interest and respect of the Unionist delegates, said that it was important to understand what motivated people to become involved in terrorism. It was true that there was...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Peter Brooke Séamus Mallon Ken Maginnis
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Constitutional Politics/Defeating Terrorism: Item 20 Political Consensus for Security Policies

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  5. In key point 20 of the workplan Mr Mallon suggested that desirability should be changed in a way to reflect that it was essential to have a political consensus for security policies.

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  It was agreed that the substance of this sub-heading had been discussed already.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Constitutional Politics/Defeating Terrorism: Item 21 Local Input into Security Policy

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Constitutional Politics/Defeating Terrorism: Item 21 Local Input into Security Policy

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Molyneaux made the point that giving the elected politicians a few seats on the Police Authority would be worse than nothing in terms of an input into security policy. Mr Robinson then asked if the Government thought it unwise to determine at this...

  People: Peter Brooke Jim Molyneaux Eddie McGrady Brian Mawhinney Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Robinson read from Command Paper 7950 which referred to a devolved administration having "a voice" in security matters. This meant that they were allowed to give views but had no hands on control over security or policing. He asked if there was any...

  People: Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: This decision is to reflect the unanimity of the SDLP and Unionists delegations. The Government delegation is unable to accept the proposal to guarantee 'a say in every aspect of' security policy. The Alliance Party's position on this...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  10. Mr Hume said that he regarded this discussion on security as central to the Talks process. Agreement across the political divide was very important in the fight against terrorism. Over the generations, an ideology of dying for Ireland had been...

  People: John Hume Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  9. Mr Mallon said he saw a potential danger in having an input into security policy but without having any control. In the eye of the public politicians would have responsibility without authority. He thought that as long as one British soldier...

  People: Séamus Mallon Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: The key item from the Workplan does not go far enough for the SDLP and Unionist delegations, and we do not mark it as adopted as both delegations imply that token input would be worse than no input.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Individual Rights [Bill of Rights]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Future Business

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Status of Items Beyond Strand 1 in Papers

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Secretary of State to Provide Written Copies of Speaking Notes

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: It was so decided.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  K Lindsay Talks Secretariat

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Those present: Government Team Secretary of State Minister of State Mr Fell Mr Pilling Mr Thomas Mr McNeill Talks Secretariat Mr Hill Mr Hallett Mr Pope Also present Mr Pawson Alliance Party Dr Alderdice Mr Close Mr Neeson Mrs Bell Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  A plenary meeting of Strand One of the Talks was held at Parliament Buildings between 1835 and 1940 on Wednesday 26 June.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  2. Rev McCrea asked how an individual could get to a situation where he became a terrorist. One of the factors would be the influence of society around him and perhaps growing up in an atmosphere where there was an antipathy to the Security Forces. The...

  People: William McCrea Séamus Mallon Joe Hendron
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Farren said that there was general support within the SDLP for a Bill of Rights and he welcomed the fact that all the other parties supported this proposal also. A Bill of Rights would help in vindicating individual rights and the SDLP would be...

  People: David Trimble Sean Farren
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  7. Mr Mallon then asked how the concept of a Bill of Rights could be squared with the existence of emergency legislation in Northern Ireland - the SDLP were unclear as to how these two contrasting themes could sit well together.

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Government Team to Produce Paper on a Bill of Rights

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  and the Secretary of State confirmed that the Government Team would do its best to provide a short paper.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: Given the level of consensus, the key point as listed in the workplace is adopted.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Endorsement: Item 24 By the People of Northern Ireland

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  This possibility had been referred to in his statement of 26 March and, given the reference that had been made to it by the parties during the course of the Talks process, he did not feel that it required further significant discussion. One aspect of...

  People: David Trimble Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Endorsement: Include Items 25 and 26 [Proposal for Endorsement by Simultaneous Referenda in the North and South of Ireland]

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  11. The Minister of State said that the proceedings would finish at 20.00 hours but before that the Secretary of State might draw together some of the strands arising from the discussions this week. This would provide a backcloth to papers which...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  2. The Secretary of State opened discussion by noting that the meeting had still to complete discussion of Item 22 under the checklist entitled "General Principles and Perceived Political Realities and Requirements: Key Points", and invited Mr Robinson...

  People: Peter Brooke Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Mr Mallon then community rights and Mr Mallon said that he felt that it was a shame that the possibilities contained in it were neglected, especially since he had come under some criticism from the SDLP for voting for the legislation on the basis that...

  People: David Trimble Eddie McGrady Peter Robinson Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  15. Mr McGimpsey said that the Unionists had listened to the SDLP arguments and would consider them. [Editor's Note: An 'other' decision reflects the serious attention given to the SDLP position and the promise to consider their proposal.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: All parties accept Item 24, endorsement by the people of Northern Ireland, although debate around a wider validation process continues.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  20. The Secretary of State then moved to sum up discussion at the end of Item 6 noting that the debate had been valuable and that he had found the interchange interesting and constructive. The aim of workplan Item 6 had been to identify common themes...

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  The next step was to summarise the position which had been reached, to identify the areas of agreement, the principles which should apply and the specific issues on which further discussion would be necessary. [Editor's Note: The working document is...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Comment 22. Another stimulating session. The SDLP case for joint referenda was put with considerable vigour and Unionist delegates might well have been favourably impressed by the determination it revealed on the part of the SDLP to smash Sinn Fein....

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  3. Turning to Mr Farren, the Minister of State noted that the latter had, in an earlier session, touched on arrangements by which any Bill of Rights might be entrenched. This was an important issue against the background that Parliament could pass one...

  People: Brian Mawhinney Reg Empey John Alderdice David Trimble Sean Farren
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  21. The Secretary of State continued by saying that he looked forward to reading the papers which the parties had agreed to contribute and which would set out their views of the political realities we faced and the requirement which flowed from that...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation), Date: 26 Jun 1991, 07:00
  Checklist

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation), Date: 26 Jun 1991, 07:00
  The checklist was then distributed.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation), Date: 26 Jun 1991, 07:00
  Working Document: Workplan Item 6

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  10. Mr Haughey intervened to say that the SDLP view on the subject was widely known but that he felt that it would be worth repeating. Endorsement, so far as the SDLP were concerned, was the most essential and crucial feature in the whole process. The...

  People: Séamus Mallon David Trimble Denis Haughey
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Office of the Strand 1 Chairman (British Government Delegation), Date: 26 Jun 1991, 07:00
  [Editor's Note: The document will be made available to the plenary session when it returns to discussion of constistutional issues on 1 July.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  Checklist

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 12:00
  He said that the meeting had discussed press relations, and had reached the view that information flowing out of the process had reduced but had not yet ceased; in fact it had accelerated over the weekend and the publication of a Unionist document in...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 12:00
  Reiterate Media Embargo

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 12:00
  [Editor's Note: It was so done.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 12:00
  Use of Remaining Time

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: Business Committee Strand 1, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 12:00
  The session adjourns and delegates join the plenary session at 1420.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  They were glad to see that the SDLP were taking steps to counter the 1918 Election argument. That said, Unionists remained doubtful that simultaneous referenda would be of any value and were especially unconvinced that a referendum in the Republic...

  People: Séamus Mallon Brian Mawhinney Peter Robinson Chris McGimpsey Seán Neeson Denis Haughey John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  The meeting began at 2.20pm and adjourned for tea at 3.55pm. It had before it the various papers which had been circulated on Friday 29 June [sic]; these are attached. [Editor's Note: We do not have these attachments.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Re-emphasise Press Embargo

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  3. Dr Alderdice commented that he understood that a delegation had the right to publish in full any document selectively leaked to the media; the Alliance Party had not yet published a document of theirs which had been quoted from, but reserved the...

  People: Ian Paisley John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  4. The Minister of State also reported that the Business Committee had discussed the use of time. He had said that he was encouraged by the papers which had emerged before the weekend; they seemed to represent accommodation and convergence. Common...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  12. The Minister of State brought this part of the discussion to an end by stating that the first two headings of the Government paper were identical with those in the Schedule to the Workplan; it would be sensible to start discussing them. In answer...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Political Talks: Realities and Common Themes

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Paragraph 16: DUP Amendment

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  HMG to Clearly State Position of Status of Northern Ireland

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  The Minister of State answered that he did not know the minds of those who drew up the Agreement. But he could guess. No realistic options other than Northern Ireland being part of the United Kingdom or part of a united Ireland had commanded even...

  People: Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Paragraph 16: UUP Amendment

  People: Josias Cunningham
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  24. Mr Empey recalled that he had made the suggestion that the best available definition of Northern Ireland's constitutional status should be put on the table. He reiterated that this was what the Secretary of State had said in Parliament on 5 July...

  People: Reg Empey
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Vote on UUP Amendment

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  The Minister of State replied that the Unionist paper was only a partial quotation of what the Secretary of State had said. It had omitted the qualification; HMG' s position was as in Section 1 of the 1973 Constitution Act. That Act had been on the...

  People: William McCrea Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Paragraph 16: DUP Revised Amendment

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  (At this point Mr Sammy Wilson left the meeting.) Mr McCrea added that clarification was necessary. The Government genuinely owed it to people to come up with answers; it was time that realities were faced. Article 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement...

  People: William McCrea Denny Vitty
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  23. Mr Hume wondered what all this meant in terms of real problems. The discussion was quite unrealistic, but came back to the SDLP statement that the real problem was a conflict of identities. It was necessary to find a new way of accommodating them...

  People: John Hume John Alderdice Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  25. At this point the Minister of State proposed a 15-minute break for tea. S A MARSH

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  A plenary session of Strand One of the Talks took place at Parliament Buildings between 16.17 and 17.25 on 1 July.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  2. Mr Mallon, having caught the Minister of State's eye, opened discussion by saying that the meeting had spent some considerable time debating the legality or illegality of partition and the constitutional status. While this had been a "very...

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Paragraph 16: SDLP Position

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Vote on Dr Paisley's Formula

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Dr Paisley, choosing to be drawn, said that it was not the intention that anything should be voted on. The Minister of State concurred, noting that voting was not part of the procedure for this strand and reminding all present that nothing was agreed...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  SDLP to Affirm Support for the Statement of Northern Ireland's Status in the 1973 Constitution Act

  People: William McCrea
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  (NB: the Minister of State's summing up and the general tone of the discussion were not then helped by Mr Hume saying that the SDLP wished to see the Act "scrapped").

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Move on to Paragraph 18

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Dr Paisley, however, said that he thought the difficult and controversial issues raised by paragraph 17 ought to be discussed first.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Paragraph 16: Alliance Amendment

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  That said, there were other facts which had to be set out so far as Northern Ireland was concerned. The particular quarrel to which he had referred transcended Northern Ireland and affected other parts of the British Isles. In addition Northern...

  People: John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Mr Hume repeated that the SDLP accepted the de facto position but this could not be taken in isolation - there were other de facto issues to be addressed alongside it. Dr Paisley intervened and said that Mr McGimpsey had asked Mr Mallon about his...

  People: Séamus Mallon William McCrea Brian Mawhinney Ian Paisley John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  11. Dr Paisley said that this was not so - Mr Mallon had clearly said that he wished to see the 1973 Constitution Act "scrapped". It appeared that HMG thought that some play on words could achieve agreement but the problem was that any formula could be...

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Paragraph 16: Government Amendment

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Dr Paisley said that others would seek to qualify that statement by saying that they did not support the position but merely accepted the fact. Dr Paisley then prayed in aid Mr Faulkner's address to the Northern Ireland Parliament following the...

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Move on to Structures

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Government to Produce a Paper Based on Further Submissions on the Question of Local Institutions and Structures

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  18. During a slightly confused ending to the afternoon session, the Minister of State said that the Government Team would produce, quickly, a short paper which summarised the outcome of the afternoon's discussion and look forward to submissions from...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  The session was adjourned until 1830. S POPE

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  A plenary meeting of Strand 1 of the Talks took place at Parliament Buildings between 1908 and 2030 on 1 July.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Mr Vitty, referring back to the UDUP position at the Business Committee that morning, said that the UDUP had said as much earlier  He was glad to hear the Alliance Party agreeing with the UDUP. Dr Paisley said that there was no point in seeking to...

  People: Ian Paisley Denny Vitty
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  16. In response to a question from the Minister of State as to how the UDUP defined "structures", Dr Paisley said that what they wished to discuss was a future Northern Ireland Assembly and all its relationships, whether with the rest of the UK, with...

  People: Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Dr Paisley said that he felt that this was a helpful way forward: parties giving papers to the Government only reduced the risk of leakage. Mr Cunningham also agreed while entering the caveat that all parties would need time to read and digest the...

  People: John Hume John Alderdice Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  2. The Minister of State opened the discussion by reflecting on the long and useful debate which had taken place in the previous plenary sessions regarding the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  4. The Minister of State, in reflecting on these, suggested that further exploration of what each of the parties meant when using the term "identity" in their stated positions would be useful for it seemed to him that a degree of movement on this...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Clarification of Purpose of Discussion

  People: Ian Paisley Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  The Minister of State replied that he intended the discussion to be conducted on a similar basis to that of the afternoon plenaries; these had been generally exploratory but inconclusive. However he continued that should agreement be reached in this...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Mr Mallon agreed not to pursue the matter further.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  8. During these exchanges Dr Hendron joined the SDLP delegation at 19.15.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  17. At this point Mr Vitty joined the UDUP delegation at 19.25.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  38. The Minister of State in drawing the session to a close, thanked all those who participated for a helpful discussion which had certainly explored many aspects, but which had ended inconclusively. [Editor's Note: No decisions are made, but the...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Early Finish to Allow Delegates to Catch Up on Analytical Work

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  9. The Minister of State replied that previous exchanges with the party leaders had led to a decision that the evening session would not go beyond 20.30. If agreement on this subject was arrived at before then, the session would indeed be completed...

  People: Séamus Mallon Josias Cunningham Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  22. Mr Haughey replying to Dr Alderdice stated that he did not dispute the existence of a third identity, but from his experience the "SDLP" did not meet people from this "identity" very often. Mr Haughey then asked the Alliance leader whether he...

  People: Denis Haughey Eddie McGrady John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Press Release: Include Mr Molyneaux

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  Press Release: Remove references to the Somme Anniversary

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  41. Dr Paisley, in somewhat humorous mood, suggested that Mr Mallon sometimes raised these points out of a sense of Irish humour.

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  42. The Minister of State, amidst considerable laughter, agreed to include the name of Mr Molyneaux in the press release

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  27. Mr Empey outlined the UUP's belief that people who lived in Northern Ireland were one community. He continued however by saying that the UUP recognised that that community would have different outlooks and aspirations but there seemed to be a...

  People: Reg Empey Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  and stated that the next plenary session would commence at 10.30 am, the following morning. T WATSON

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 01 Jul 1991, 14:20
  [Editor's Note: The working paragraphs from 1 July are not included in the paper as no agreement is reached (c.f. comments by the Minister of State when reporting to the Secretary of State at 2 July session). The paper will be revived in 1992, next...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  The meeting began at 10.40 and concluded at 11.25.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Timetable for the Talks

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  The discussions were in danger of degenerating into a university debating society. We were reaching the point where to continue them would be counter-productive. There had been moments of understanding in the talks so far, but there was an increasing...

  People: Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  3. The Secretary of State said that he was conscious of the need to address this problem

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  but nevertheless thought it would be useful to begin with an account of the previous day's proceedings.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Dr Alderdice indicated that he too wished to address the timetable question but was content to have the account of yesterday's proceedings first.

  People: John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  5. The Minister of State continued that there was a divergence of views between those who felt the time had now been reached for moving to detailed discussion of structures and those who felt that we should continue the search for agreement on general...

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  6. The Minister of State said that Mr Hume had raised the the implications of the 16 July conference meeting for the talks timetable. He had made clear to him that the Government Team were planning to continue discussions this week and possibly next....

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Call to Order

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Complaining that he didn't like being shouted at, but nonetheless subdued

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Secretary of State to Meet Party Leaders to Determine how to Conclude Matters

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Summary of Previous Day's Proceedings

  People: Brian Mawhinney
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  7. Dr Alderdice asked for clarification of media reports of statements by Dr Paisley the previous night about a meeting with Mr Haughey. Dr Paisley replied that this was nothing to do with this Conference. It had been put to him by a journalist that he...

  People: John Alderdice Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  16. The Secretary of State then summed up the position. The Unionist position was understood. The 26 March statement had envisaged a gap between specific dates. As a result of the delay in moving to plenary discussions, the Unionists had asked if the...

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Dr Paisley asked how long the Secretary of State envisaged the process of consulting party leaders would take. The Secretary of State replied that he hoped to complete the exercise before lunch. E C HALLETT

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Editor's Note: The session adjourned for the meetings with the party leaders to take place. We currently do not have a record of these meetings. The plenary session only resumes the following morning at 10.05am by which point it appears to have been...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  The meeting began at 10.05 and concluded at 10.29.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Invitation for Delegates to Comment Prior to Adjournment

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  Vote of Thanks to Secretary of State

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  The Secretary of State thanked Mr Hume and Dr Paisley for these remarks. 16. The Secretary of State said that if there were no further comments he would close the discussion by thanking all who were present.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 02 Jul 1991, 10:40
  Dr Paisley said that any question regarding 16 July should be addressed to the two Governments rather than It was not the Unionists who were bringing the current process to an end. They had made clear throughout that they would not continue the...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Eddie McGrady Ian Paisley Séamus Mallon
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  7. The Secretary of State said that he recognised that, but the present process was governed by the 26 March statement, which set out the terms for the talks. The press statement had been drafted to reflect that. 8. Dr Paisley said that it was not...

  People: Peter Brooke Jim Molyneaux Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  13. Dr Paisley associated himself with Mr Molyneaux's remarks. The talks had been frank and open. Delegates had spoken their minds and had shown a willingness to listen to others. There had been a "wholesome debate" on matters where there was a "deep...

  People: John Alderdice John Hume Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  18. The Secretary of State said that he thought the process would be better served if there were no comments until after his House of Commons statement.

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 03 Jul 1991, 10:05
  E C HALLETT [Editor's Note: The record of the 1991 plenary sessions chaired by Peter Brooke end here.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Mr Mallon then asked whether this meant no Strand Three matters could be discussed in Strand One also. Dr Paisley responded by saying that there was no question of discussing the Union in Strand Three, if that was what Mr Mallon had meant. If...

  People: Séamus Mallon Ian Paisley Peter Brooke John Hume
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Timing of the Afternoon Session

  People: Jim Molyneaux Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  It was agreed that the second morning session could run to 13.00 hour, and that the afternoon session would recommence at 14.45. PETER MAY Talks Secretariat 9 March 1992 RN/8328

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  2 (a) Committees (SDLP Proposal) - 1155 Meeting

  People: John Hume Séamus Mallon Eddie McGrady
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  6. The Secretary of State reminded those present that the central purpose was to provide working arrangements with which all were relaxed and to clear the ground for a swift and smooth start after the election. What needed to be addressed was who was...

  People: Peter Brooke Jim Molyneaux Séamus Mallon John Hume Rev Martin Smyth John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  All Members of the Delegations Have an Opportunity to Express Views on Arrangements in the Talks

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Mr Molyneaux and Rev Smyth Leave and Mr Empey Stand In for Mr Molyneaux

  People: Jim Molyneaux Rev Martin Smyth
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: This had been previously arranged.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  The meeting was then adjourned for lunch and Dr Paisley said that a photographer would be corning into the building to photograph Mr Molyneaux and himself, but that this was completely outside the business of the conference. TALKS SECRETARIAT 9 March...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  The Secretary of State, after inviting anybody else to comment (to which there was silence), [Editor's Note: Silence is taken as 'no objection'.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  then concluded that part of the discussion and pointed out that an opportunity still existed for it to be raised at the Business Committee.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  5. Handling the Press: Election Campaign

  People: John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  7. Mr Robinson took up Mr Hume's point about negotiating policy matters in plenary session and said that he did not believe the real arguments could be thrashed out in that forum. It was for precisely that reason that a working committee was suggested....

  People: John Hume Peter Robinson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  He said, in response to Mr Hume, that the Business Committee would look at the agenda and may make recommendations in relation to a Strand One working committee. This would deal with policy and would in effect be a negotiating forum. It would however...

  People: Reg Empey Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  He also mentioned that he had authorised a press release to correct an untrue "Irish News" story. Dr Paisley agreed that personal attacks needed response. However, he would not like to think when the Election was called that all discussion round the...

  People: Séamus Mallon Jim Molyneaux Peter Brooke Ian Paisley John Hume John Alderdice
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  20. Dr Paisley suggested everyone would be obtaining "The Independent" on Tuesday which, again, provoked laughter and general comments from around the room. The Secretary of State said he was very conscious of the clay figure having pins stuck into it!

  People: Peter Brooke Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Nominations to the Business Committee Be Completed

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  4. Practical Arrangements for the Rest of the Week - Business Committee

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  4. Practical Arrangements for the Rest of the Week - Plenary on Wednesday

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Tthe [sic] Secretary of State replied no, having cleared the ground already today.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  4. Practical Arrangements for the Rest of the Week - Informal Meetings and Preparation of Papers

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  The Secretary of State foresaw no difficulties with either of Mr Molyneaux's suggestions. Mr Robinson (DUP) said each party would no doubt wish to do that.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Press Statement - Amend Final Sentence

  People: Peter Brooke
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: The change is agreed and made.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Press Statement - Other Minor Amendments

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  [Editor's Note: All changes are made.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  The Secretary of State then asked if the statement was acceptable and no further comments were forthcoming. (Copy of agreed and subsequently released press statement is attached - Annex A).

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 26 Jun 1991, 14:21
  [Editor's Note: Mr McClelland of the SDLP joins the committee for the first time.]

  People: Donovan McClelland
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Mr Molyneaux outlined the importance he placed on the Business Committee which would deal with administrative and procedural matters drawing two delegates from each party. This would be chaired by the Minister of State. 8. Dr Paisley agreed that...

  People: Jim Molyneaux Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Mr Molyneaux drew Dr Alderdice's attention to the Strand One sub-committees which could be established by the Strand One committee if necessary.

  People: Jim Molyneaux
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  Press Statement - Add Mention of PM's Greetings

  People: Ian Paisley
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 09 Mar 1992, 10:40
  27. The Secretary of State then read over several amendments. The additional paragraph would say, ''The Secretary of State reported the Prime Minister's good wishes, conveyed this morning, which the participants noted with appreciation".

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The meeting began at 21.52 and concluded 22.15.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Press Release Regarding Transition to Strands II and III

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Statement to the Plenary (12 June 1992)

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  SUMMARY RECORD OF A PLENARY MEETING HELD IN PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS ON THE EVENING OF 12 JUNE 1992 Government Team Secretary of State Mr Hanley PUS Mr Thomas Mr Bell Mr Maccabe Mr Hill Talks Secretariat Mr May Also Present Mr Fittall Mr...

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  2. The Government Team began by apologising for the long delay in convening the plenary meeting. Considerable care had, however, been needed to reach the conclusion the plenary was being invited to sanction. Difficulties persisted and before reading...

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  3. The UDUP delegation explained that it had not been possible to consult their whole delegation to gain their support for the proposed draft statement. The Party chairman, together with one of the Party's MPs and a leading member of the executive were...

  People: DUP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  All Parties Not Agreed

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  6. The SDLP delegation said they could not accept the amendment proposed.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Party Leaders All Agreed

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  This was a statement of the facts. They rejected suggestions that undue haste had been used in preparing the draft statement as the delegations had spent all day trying to agree it. 7. The Government Team said it understood that all sides were tired...

  People: SDLP Representative British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Issue a Clear Minute Detailing Dr Paisley's Assurances

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  8. The SDLP delegation said it would not be satisfied by that,

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Omit Paragraph 1

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The Government Team said they were content with that if others were. The UDUP delegation said it would not be able to recommend the document to the remainder of its members if that amendment were made. It asked why it was necessary to reach agreement...

  People: DUP Representative British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The leader of the UDUP delegation said that he had approved the proposed draft statement, and would be recommending it to his Party, but he was not in a position to commit others at this stage. 4. The Government Team asked whether this amendment was...

  People: DUP Representative SDLP Representative Ian Paisley British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The first sentence of paragraph one was integral to the statement if it were to receive the approval of the UDUP delegation.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  DUP Issue a Statement Explaining Their Position

  People: SDLP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The amendment proposed by the UDUP at the start of the meeting had not been discussed between the Party leaders and could not be accepted.

  People: SDLP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The UUP delegation said they were unhappy with the proposed removal of the first paragraph in its entirety.

  People: UUP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The other proposed amendment regarding the agreement of Party leaders caused them some difficulty as their leader was not present, but they were prepared to go the extra mile and agree to it.

  People: UUP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  SLDP Agree to the DUP Amendment

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The SDLP delegation said they did not agree.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Adjournment

  People: DUP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The Alliance delegation disagreed. The difficulty was that the Parties had approached the plenary on the basis of an agreement reached. It was important not to start negotiating again after reaching that agreement. Other agreements reached has not been...

  People: DUP Representative Alliance Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Secretary of State Judges That Parties Agree

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  The amendment was accepted by all the delegations

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Annex A

  People: Sammy Wilson
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  and a copy of the final statement is attached at Annex A.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Consultation with the Irish Government and Additional Press Statement

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  [Editor's Note: At this point, the statement has been agreed by all four of the party delegations.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  [Editor's Note: No objection was made.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Request to Maintain Confidentiality

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Question Regarding Next Steps

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Business Committee Meet on Monday

  People: DUP Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Sub-Committee to Meet on Monday

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  After discussion,

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  Thanks

  People: British Government Representative
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 12 Jun 1992, 11:40
  [Editor's Note: The meeting adjourned.]

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jul 1992, 10:30
  [...] A Media Release was agreed – but, at Dr Paisley's suggestion, any suggestion of delegates' satisfaction with proceedings was deleted.

  
  
• Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992, Committee: All-Party Negotiations, Date: 24 Jul 1992, 10:30
  [Editor's Note: During this meeting, a 'Mr O'Malley' is minuted as asking questions on behalf of the Irish Government. He is not listed as a delegate to Strand 2, but we have shown him joining at this point to represent this.]

  People: Mr O'Malley