To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 11 March (WA 247) concerning equality as a human right under the Belfast agreement of 1998, whether they monitor the human rights implications of the agreement in the Republic of Ireland. [HL2222]

There is no formal mechanism in the Belfast agreement for monitoring the progress of each Government other than the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. Human rights issues have been discussed within this forum, both at ministerial and official level.