With regard to item one of correspondence, we have already agreed on the deputation to send to the parliamentary conference on national minorities in the enlarged European Union on 5 and 6 November. Are there any volunteers? Perhaps the convenors would let us know. We have agreed on four members and the Chairman. There may not be a demand for it but if anyone is interested please let the convenor know.
Item two is the report of the meeting of the advisory group. Is it agreed to note this report. Agreed. Item three is the new address of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia. Item four is correspondence from the Central Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly thanking the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for giving evidence to the committee last Monday. I hope we do not have the same effect on Leinster House as we had on Stormont.
Item five is a letter from Mr. David Begg confirming that the advisory group has met. Item six is a letter from the Turkish Ambassador, Mr. Sibay, regarding the European Parliament's plenary session in November. There is much material coming from the Turkish Embassy and the committee has already noted correspondence about legislative changes in the area of human rights. This is part of the Turkish accession process. More correspondence has been received on Turkish Cyprus and the Kurds. It will be circulated tomorrow. It might be useful to invite the Turkish Ambassador to attend a meeting to discuss these issues and the Members' views on them. What do Members think?
