HC Deb 11 January 1989 vol 144 c705W
35. Mr. Brandon-Bravo

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives he is planning to seek to reduce hooliganism on the part of British citizens travelling abroad during the 1989 tourist season.

Mr. Eggar

We shall continue our public education campaign in the United Kingdom and abroad to reduce the level of hooliganism and rowdy behaviour by British citizens. Further TV and radio public information messages are planned for this year. We shall also continue to co-operate closely with the Association of British Travel Agents and tour operators, and with the central and local authorities of the main tourist countries. Together with the Home Office we are actively pursuing Spanish proposals to post a small number of British police to Spanish resort areas during the coming tourist season, for liaison purposes.