British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly

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The British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly is a forum of parliamentarians from the UK, Ireland, and the devolved and crown dependency legislatures that promotes dialogue and cooperation on political, economic, and social issues across the British–Irish region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization
interparliamentary institution
appliesToJurisdiction British–Irish Council
surface form: British–Irish Council area
basedOn Anglo-Irish Agreement
surface form: British–Irish Agreement
compositionIncludes members of Dáil Éireann
members of Seanad Éireann
members of crown dependency legislatures
members of devolved legislatures
members of the House of Commons
members of the House of Lords
cooperatesWith British–Irish Council
governments of the UK and Ireland
country Ireland
United Kingdom
formerName British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: British–Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body
hasActivity facilitating interparliamentary dialogue
holding plenary sessions
producing reports and recommendations
hasCommittee Committee on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity
Economic Affairs Committee
Environment and Social Committee
European Affairs Committee
Sovereign Matters Committee
hasLegalStatus consultative body
hasMemberBody Northern Ireland Assembly
Oireachtas
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom

Scottish Parliament
Senedd
surface form: Senedd Cymru

States of Guernsey
Jersey
surface form: States of Jersey

Tynwald
hasNumberOfPlenarySessionsPerYear 2
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPurpose promote cooperation on economic issues
promote cooperation on political issues
promote cooperation on social issues
promote dialogue across the British–Irish region
hasWorkingLanguage English
headquartersLocation no single permanent seat
inception 1990
meetsIn various locations in the British–Irish region
regionServed British Isles
renamed 2008
shortName BIPA
topic British–Irish relations
cross-border cooperation on the island of Ireland
website https://www.britishirish.org/

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British–Irish Council cooperatesWith British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly
British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly formerName British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British–Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body