Briefings and arrangements for visits and meetings, including: meeting with John Hume, Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Northern Ireland, including a briefing on the current situation and copy of a speech by Kevin McNamara, Northern Ireland spokesman; Labour Party Irish Society reception; visit to Liverpool for Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, including correspondence with Desmond Pitcher, Chief Executive of the Littlewoods Organisation (3), John Last, Chairman of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society (2) and Peter Mandelson.