HC Deb 13 November 1987 vol 122 cc329-30W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he had at the Trevi conference on 14 and 15 October of permanent correspondents on football hooliganism on the problem of extreme right-wing hooligans who attach themselves to football and who travel to the continent for violent and racist activities; what action his Department is taking to stop such travel; and what actions are being taken within Britain to rid association football of such extreme Right-wing sympathisers.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The conference in London on 14 and 15 October was a meeting of officials to discuss the means by which EC member countries exchange information to prevent and deal with football hooliganism. They will report the outcome of their discussions to Trevi senior officials and Ministers in due course. Against

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Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the

the general background of freedom of travel within the European Community, member states are seeking to improve the effectiveness of international co-operation against football hooliganism.

The ultimate objective of the partnership between the Government, the police and the football authorities is to rid football of all those who indulge in violent and racist behaviour. The measures adopted have brought a marked improvement in crowd behaviour at football matches in the last two years. The police have for some time been aware that there are those who seek to orchestrate violence, often without themselves becoming directly involved in it. The success of the police in targeting such hard-core hooligans was demonstrated earlier this year in the outcome of the Metropolitan police operation "own goal". Criminal proceedings have been instituted against many other individuals as a result of similar operations elsewhere.