HC Deb 02 February 1989 vol 146 c384W
60. Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department is doing to promote greater European co-operation against crime.

75. Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department is doing to promote greater European co-operation against crime.

Mr. John Patten

We attach great importance to closer European co-operation to tackle crime and have actively sought to strengthen bilateral links; my right hon. Friend recently signed an agreement with Italy to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime. Further action is in hand to improve bilateral and multilateral co-operation in a number of areas including mutual legal assistance and extradition arrangements, the exchange of drugs intelligence and the confiscation of drug traffickers' assets.

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