To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the views expressed concerning Northern Ireland's relationship with the Republic of Ireland by Mr. Serrard Cowper-Coles, the first secretary at the British embassy in Washington, at the Boston Investor Responsibility Research Centre, represents Government policy; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Mr. Molyneaux) on 29 November 1990 at column 456.