Last November saw the agreement between David Cameron and Sir Reg Empey of the Ulster Unionist Party about forming an electoral alliance for Westminster and European elections.
A joint committee has now been appointed to work on the details of the alliance and it will have to make decisions on agreed selection procedures, branding and manifesto commitments.
The membership of the committee comprises four representatives of each party and has been named as follows:
For the Conservative Party
For the UUP
The committee is expected to make an initial report by the end of this month.
Jonathan Isaby