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Record of a strand 2 meeting on 3 March 1998 at 10.40

Monday, 09 March 1998

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The meeting covered letters (b) to (h) of the joint government paper. The make-up and schedule of the proposed North/South Council were discussed. However, the unionist parties saw any potential body as having a consultative role only and thought the words functions and responsibilities were inappropriate. They also emphasized the council should be situated within the broader framework of a Council of the Isles. The SDLP did not object to a Council of the Isles but thought the North/South Council should not be sunservient to it. All parties stressed the importance of the North/South Council being accountable to the Assembly but envisaged this happening practically in very different ways. The question of whether powers would be devolved by the two governments or by the Assembly remained contentious.

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