The British-Irish Council’s Indigenous, Minority and Lesser-Used (IML) Languages work sector held a Ministerial meeting in Edinburgh today. The meeting was hosted and chaired by John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, on behalf of the Scottish Government.
The meeting was attended by Ministers from the UK and Irish Governments, the Devolved Administrations of Scotland and Wales, and the Governments of Jersey and the Isle of Man.
The 14th British-Irish Council Environment Ministerial meeting took place today, hosted by Deputy Barry Brehaut, President of the Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure, on behalf of the Government of Guernsey at St Pierre Park Hotel, Guernsey. The meeting was chaired by Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities in the UK Government.
The First Minister of Wales, the Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, hosted an extraordinary Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council in Cardiff today. The meeting was attended by Heads of Administration and Ministers from all eight of the Council's Member Administrations: the Irish and UK Governments; the devolved administrations of the Northern Ireland Executive and the Scottish Government; and the Governments of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. You can read the full Communiqué of the Summit here.
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