§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests he has had from El Salvador for help with improving its judicial system.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNo specific request for such help has been received from the government of El Salvador. During the annual San Jose meeting of EC and Central American Foreign Ministers, however, held in Managua in March this year, my hon. Friend the Minister of State and our EC colleagues agreed to develop programmes aimed in particular at improving the administrative and legal machinery in Central American countries, designed to ensure that human rights are fully guaranteed. A committee of European and Central American experts is to be entrusted with the task of working out how these programmes are implemented.