of the `People's Five' when he sits down for talks with the MPs today.

Dr. Saul will also ask whether the five MPs still support the Government following their recent refusals to toe the party line.

During the last Parliamentary session the `Five' were responsible for a series of embarrassments for Government -- including the Prohibited Restaurant Act which sought to ban Sir John Swan's McDonald's.

Today Dr. Saul is due to meet all five MPs as steps are taken to re-unify the United Bermuda Party before the next House of Assembly session.

Yesterday Dr. Saul said he had always wanted to meet the `Five' but in the past insisted he was meeting with individual MPs and not groups.

"After the Parliamentary session I was happy to sit down with them and listen to them and look forward to explanations for their behaviour in Parliament,'' said Dr. Saul.

"I want to see if they are or are not members of the Government,'' added the Premier.

The `Five' -- Ann Cartwright DeCouto, Trevor Moniz, Jim Woolridge, Dr. David Dyer and Dr. Clarence Terceira -- consistently broke Government ranks in the last Parliamentary session.

As well as Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto's Restaurant Act, they were responsible for twice delaying debates on the base lands and supported a motion of censure against the Premier.

The Restaurant Act was defeated in the Senate, but last week former Tourism Minister, Mr. Woolridge, said Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto was planning to reintroduce the Act in the House of Assembly.

Speaking to The Royal Gazette last week Mr. Woolridge and Dr. Terceira said they would be going to the meeting with the Premier, but both declined to comment on what might be discussed.

Last night Dr. Dyer said: "I think we have to sit down and discuss some things with the Premier.'' But he also declined to comment on what issues would be raised at the meeting.

"To say publicly what I am looking for before we meet would not be correct,'' said Dr. Dyer.

"We have to meet first and have some dialogue and then, depending on how events flow, I will either be able to make a public comment or not.'' Neither Mr. Moniz or Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto were available for comment last night.

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