HC Deb 05 February 1986 vol 91 c178W
57. Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the Irish Republic to become a signatory of the European convention for the suppression of terrorism.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State said to my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Gow) on 20 January, the Government of the Republic of Ireland announced in the joint communiqué on 15 November 1985 (Cmnd. 9657) their intention to accede to the European convention on the suppression of terrorism as soon as possible.