HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 c325W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress towards establishing a European criminal investigation office.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

At its meeting in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June 1991, the European Council agreed the objectives underlying the proposal for the establishment of a central European criminal investigation office. The proposal is now being examined further in the Trevi group, and will be considered again at the European Council meeting in Maastricht in December.