§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Prime Minister if she will make a further statement on the United Kingdom's contribution to international co-operation against terrorism.
§ The Prime MinisterWe contribute actively to international co-operation against terrorism in every way we can. Our starting point is to seek the widest possible agreement to our own policy, based on no substantive concessions to terrorists' demands. We also exchange effective, practical measures to prevent and counter terrorism.
We are prominent in the Trevi Group in Europe, where we are currently strengthening procedures for communicating information about terrorist activities, and examining the scope for action against the funds that sustain terrorism. Elsewhere, we are contributing to the International Civil Aviation Organisation's work on devising an international regime for marking explosives for detection.
We provide advice, assistance and training in counter-terrorism to many overseas Governments and agencies; and our police forces are in daily contact with their counterparts in the common effort to prevent terrorist acts and to bring terrorists to justice.