HC Deb 13 December 1990 vol 182 c1104
15. Mr. Archer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the meetings of Ministers and of the respective working groups scheduled for the Trevi group for the remainder of 1990.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

I attended the Trevi meeting in Rome on 7 December. The cycle of working group meetings will begin again in January under the Luxembourg presidency.

Mr. Archer

That makes it easier. Will the right hon. Gentleman bring us up to date on the talks arising from the proposal for a common information system? Who will qualify for the doubtful privilege of inclusion? What personal information will be recorded and who will have access to it? Will the right hon. Gentleman at least undertake to keep the House informed?

Mr. Baker

Ministers agreed in Rome to commission a detailed feasibility study on a Community-wide com-puterised information service to help combat serious crime. We shall play an active part in that with a view to ensuring that any system works effectively and contains suitable safeguards on personal information. I quite understand the significance and importance of that, and I shall keep the House fully informed.