HC Deb 02 February 1989 vol 146 c387W
80. Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about his recent visit to Italy.

Mr. Hurd

I visited Italy from 11 to 14 January at the invitation of Signor Antonio Gava, the Italian Minister of the Interior. During the visit I had talks with Signor Gava and his officials about matters of common interest, and I signed a joint arrangement for co-operation between our two Governments on developing measures against terrorism, organised crime and drug trafficking. Copies of this arrangement have been placed in the Library.

I called on a number of parliamentarians in Rome, and visited Turin and Milan where I met local officials and members of the business community, and visited a drug rehabilitation project.