Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will identify(a) liaison arrangements between his Department and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation civil emergency planning boards and committees, concerning civil emergency and home defence planning, and (b) the extent of collaborative work carried out with these bodies; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThere is no direct liaison or collaborative work between NATO boards and committees and the Scottish Office, whose interests are covered by representatives of other Departments on a United Kingdom basis.