§ Mr. Proctorasked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Basildon of 25 November, Official Report, c. 550, if she will now make it the policy of Her Majesty's Government not to enter into any arrangement with the Government of the Republic of Ireland to enable jurisdiction to be more widely shared in the whole of Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterNo such arrangements are contemplated but reciprocal arrangements already exist, under the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975, for extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of serious crimes of the sort committed by terrorists.