§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those international organisations on which his Department is represented and the total cost of these commitments.
§ Mr. HurdMy Department is represented at meetings arranged under the auspices of the following organisations:
- Anglo-French Policing and Frontier Controls Working Group
- Council of Europe
- Commonwealth
- Comité Technique Internationale de Prevention et d'Extinction du Feu
- Conference Permanente Européenne de la Probation
- European Committee on Standards
- European Community
- European Group on DNA Integration
- European Civil Aviation Conference
- IATA Working Group on Inadmissible Passengers
- Intergovernmental Commission on Channel Tunnel
- International Civil Aviation Organisation Facilitation Committee
- International Maritime Organisation Facilitation Committee
- International Standards Organisation
- International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation
- International Prison Chaplains' Association
- Internationale de Métrologie Légale
- Interpol
- NATO
- United Nations
- Western European Union
In the financial year 1987–88 my Department's subscription to Interpol was £440,000, to the Major Donors' group of the United Nations fund for drug abuse control £162,000 and to the Council of Europe's co-operation group to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking in drugs (the Pompidou group) £34,000. The cost of other commitments could be estimated only at disproportionate cost.