Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Mates (Conservative), on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 42 members in total.

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BRITISH-IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

That this House warmly welcomes the formation in October 2008 of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly as the successor organisation to the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body, which has done a great deal since 1990 to consolidate the vastly improved relations between parliamentarians from Ireland and the UK as well as the devolved parliaments and assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man; looks forward to the forthcoming plenary session to be held in Donegal at the end of March 2009; notes that the Assembly is now an inclusive organisation following the welcome decision of the two main Unionist parties in Northern Ireland to send representatives, along with the other major parties in Northern Ireland; further notes that the St Andrews Agreement envisages an East-West parliamentary framework; believes that the Assembly now has a very credible claim as the East-West parliamentary framework and could help provide backbench scrutiny of the work of the British-Irish Council, and more generally of issues that affect the peoples of these islands; and urges the Government to take the necessary steps to formalise this position, in co-operation with the Irish government.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1120 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Elfyn Llwyd

Michael Mates

Eddie McGrady

Alistair Carmichael

Angus Robertson

Subjects

Devolution Parliament

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk