asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 24 April (WA 316) concerning the funding of a joint committee with the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, whether they fund the joint committee by any means. [HL3313]

I am advised that, to date, the only expenditure on work between the two commissions has been on expenses for meetings between them, which are held quarterly at alternate venues in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. These expenses are met by the hosting commission.