Minutes of Proceedings of the Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Flags (NI) Order Held in the Senate Chamber , Parliament Buildings 09 October 2000

Present:Mr F Agnew (Chairman)
Mr C Murphy
Mr A Attwood
Mr I Paisley Jnr
Mr A Doherty
Mr K Robinson
Mr D Ford (Deputy Chairman)
Mr P Robinson
Mr J Kelly
Mr J Shannon

Mr A Maginness

In Attendance:Mr M RickardMrs C Darrah
Mrs G ArdisMiss L Tracey

The Committee met at 4.02 pm.

1. Apologies/Substitutions

The Chairman welcomed Mr A Doherty, Mr J Shannon and Mr J Kelly who were substituting for Mr J Dallat, Mr N Dodds and Ms M Gildernew

2. Minutes of meeting of 5 October 2000

The minutes of the meeting of 5 October 2000 were agreed.

3. Matters Arising from the Minutes of Proceedings

The Chairman asked the members to note that the Press had reported on the Committee's dissatisfaction at the fact both the Secretary of State and Mr Loughran, Head of the Civil Service were unable to attend a meeting of the Committee.

4. Discussion of the Draft Committee Report

The Chairman stated that the Clerk had, as agreed, at the last Committee Meeting, produced a draft report.

Mr K Robinson joined the meeting at 4.05 pm

As the draft report had been circulated that morning it was agreed that members did not have enough time to fully consider its content.

Mr I Paisley Jnr left the meeting at 4.06 pm.

The Chairman reminded members of the deadline for the production of the report.

Mr A Maginness joined the meeting at 4.07 pm.

It was agreed to adjourn the meeting until the following morning to allow for a fuller discussion of the draft report.

5. Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Committee is to be held on Tuesday 10 October at 10.30 am in the Senate Chamber.

The meeting closed at 4.10 pm.

FRASER AGNEW
Committee Chairman
October 2000

5 October 2000