§ Mr. Freesonasked the Lord Privy Seal how many British citizens were among the people killed and wounded as a result of terrorist activity outside Israel by the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
§ Mr. HurdIt has not been possible to check all relevant sources in the time available. Supplementary information will be placed in theOfficial Report if necessary. However, I am not aware of the death of any British citizen directly attributable to terrorist activity by Palestinian groups, whether or not affiliated to the PLO. A member of the PLO-affiliated Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the wounding of Mr. Joseph Sieff in December 1973. Mrs. Dora Bloch's death in Uganda in 1976 followed the hijacking of an aircraft on which she was a passenger carried out by a group containing terrorists from the PFLP splinter group not affiliated to the PLO. A number of bystanders were injured in an attack on an El Al crew bus in London in 1978 carried out by the same group.
§ Mr. Freesonasked the Lord Privy Seal what consultations he had had with European Economic Community member Governments concerning terrorist activity by the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
§ Mr. HurdConsultations within the European Community on terrorism, are not the responsibility of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There is of course close co-operation in this field. The policies of the Palestine Liberation Organisation are regularly discussed in the framework of European political co-operation.