§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress towards reaching international agreements with other countries to fight the importation of narcotics into the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggAt the international conference held last month in Vienna, Ministers from all regions of the world committed themselves to intensifying their efforts against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Earlier this month the United Kingdom played an active part in an intergovernmental working group to discuss the first draft of a new United Nations convention to combat illicit drug trafficking. We are in regular discussion with countries which arc a source of transit route for drugs coming to the United Kingdom, and have opened negotiations with several countries which have comparable legislation with a view to concluding bilateral agreements under section 26 of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986.