§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will meet the Minister of the Interior of the other member states of the Council of Europe to discuss and co-ordinate counter-terrorist measures.
§ Mr. BrittanThe Government are working actively in a number of international groups to promote co-operation and co-ordination in counter terrorism.
Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe passed a resolution on terrorism at their last meeting in Madrid in May 1984 which I attended. Since then a working group has been examining ways of building upon this; and we are playing a full and active role in the Group's deliberations. There are no immediate plans for a further meeting of Ministers of Justice of member states of the Council of Europe on this subject but I discuss it at my meetings with individual Ministers.