§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will publish a list of the Trevi group of Ministers and officials;
(2) if he will list the meetings of the Trevi group since 1990 and the Ministers and officials who attended in each case.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThere is one Trevi ministerial meeting held during every EC Presidency, which is attended by the Minister from each EC member state with responsibility for interior and justice matters. In the United Kingdom this is the Home Secretary. Ministers are supported by officials normally from their respective Departments. In the United Kingdom these are from the Home Office.
46WMinisters who have attended Trevi ministerial meetings since 1991 are Mr. Kenneth Clarke—Lisbon, June 11–12 1992, Mr. John Patten—The Hague, 1–2 December 1991 and Mr. Kenneth Baker— Luxembourg, 13–14 June 1992.
Individual Trevi working group meetings are attended by a delegation led by officials from each interior and justice ministry of the EC. United Kingdom delegations comprise Home Office officials and, generally, a police representative.
I have written to the hon. Member with dates of Trevi working group and ministerial meetings since January 1991, which is when full records are available. These are repeated in the table.
Records of the dates of meetings of the TREVI group are not held centrally before 1991. The following meetings have taken place since then:
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30 September 1992— I October 1992 TREVI Working Group III 18 September 1992 Ad Hoc TREVI/Immigration Ministers 3–4 September 1992 TREVI Working Group I 20–21 July 1992 TREVI Working Group III 9–10 July 1992 TREVI 1992 Working Group 2–3 July 1992 TREVI Senior Officials TROIKA 11–12 June 1992 TREVI/Immigration Ministers 14–15 May 1992 TREVI Senior Officials 9–10 April 1992 TREVI 1992 Working Group 19–20 March 1992 TREVI Working Group III 27–28 February 1992 TREVI Working Group II 30–31 January 1992 TREVI 1992 Working Group 23–24 January 1992 TREVI Working Group I 2–3 December 1991 TREVI/Immigration Ministers 21–22 November 1991 TREVI Senior Officials 7–8 November 1991 TREVI 1992 Working Group 24–25 October 1991 TREVI Working Group I 7–8 October 1991 TREVI Working Group III 26–27 September 1991 TREVI 1992 Working Group 19–20 September 1991 TREVI Working Group II 9–10 September 1991 TREVI Working Group III 4 July 1991 TREVI 1992 Working Group 3 July 1991 TREVI Senior Officials 13–14 June 1991 TREVI/Immigration Ministers 30–31 May 1991 TREVI Senior Officials 18–19 April 1991 TREVI 1992 Working Group 28 March 91 Ad Hoc TREVI/Immigration Ministers 14–15 March 1991 TREVI Working Group III 1 March 1991 TREVI Working Group II 14–15 February 1991 TREVI Working Group I 31 January–1 February 1991 TREVI 1992 Working Group 22 January 1991 Ad Hoc TREVI/Immigration Ministers
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what decisions were taken by the Trevi group of Ministers in the past 36 months; and if he will deposit a copy of the decisions in the Library;
(2) what was on the agenda for the meetings of the Trevi group of Ministers, during the past 36 months; and if he will place copies of the agenda in the Library.
§ Mr. Charles WardleSuccessive Secretaries of State for the Home Department have reported to the House on the decisions of Trevi and Immigration Ministers by means of a written answer after each ministerial meeting. I refer the hon. Member to the replies given on those occasions: 7 July 1992, column132; 20 December 1991, column 351; 20 June 1991, column 242; 18 December 1990, column 110; 4 July 1990, column 582; 20 December 1989, column 276