§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the planned dates of meeting of the ad hoc immigration group and its sub-groups; and what will be the subject matter of its meetings.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe Danish presidency has provisionally allocated a total of 38 days to meetings of the ad hoc working group on immigration and its sub-groups, as follows:
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Nature of meeting Date of meeting Asylum sub-group 15 January 1993 Ad hoc immigration group 19 to 20 January 1993 Asylum sub-group 26 to 27 January 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group 29 January 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group 3 February 1993 External frontiers sub-group 5 February 1993 Asylum sub-group 10 February 1993 Sub-group meeting to be confirmed 18 February 1993 Asylum sub-group 4 to 5 March 1993 Visa sub-group 8 March 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group (am) 11 to 12 March 1993 Forged documents sub-group (pm) 12 March 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group 22 March 1993 Asylum sub-group 24 March 1993 External frontiers sub-group 29 March 1993 Visa sub-group 30 March 1993 Sub-group meeting to be confirmed 31 March 1993 Ad hoc immigration group 1 to 2 April 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group 6 April 1993 External frontiers sub-group 7 April 1993 Asylum sub-group 21 April 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group 23 April 1993 Sub-group meeting to be confirmed 28 April 1993 Asylum sub-group 30 April 1993 Admission/expulsions sub-group 4 May 1993 Ad hoc immigration group 13 to 14 May 1993 Asylum sub-group 24 May 1993 Sub-group meeting(s) to be confirmed 25 to 26 May 1993 Sub-group meeting to be confirmed 10 June 1993 Visa sub-group 14 June 1993 Forged documents sub-group 16 June 1993 Asylum sub-group 18 June 1993 It will be for the Danish presidency to determine the precise agenda for each of these meetings as they arise. In general terms, however, the presidency has indicated that the groups will continue work currently in hand under the immigration and asylum work programme agreed by Ministers at the end of the Dutch presidency in December 1991, including discussions on admission for the purpose of family reunification, admission for the purpose of employment and self-employment, harmonisation of asylum procedures and measures to combat illegal immigration. The presidency has also indicated that the asylum and external frontiers sub-groups will continue work on the preparatory measures required for implementation of the Dublin asylum convention and the draft convention on external frontiers.
§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the British representatives who will participate in the ad hoc group on immigration and the sub-groups which will operate during the period of the Danish presidency of the European Community.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe United Kingdom delegation to meetings of the ad hoc working group on immigration will be led by Mr. A. R. Rawsthorne, an Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the immigration and nationality department of the Home Office.
The United Kingdom delegation to meetings of sub-groups will be headed by other senior officers of the immigration and nationality department, as follows:
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Sub-group Heads of United Kingdom delegation Admissions-expulsion Mr. N. R. Varney-Mr. C. B. Manchip Asylum Mr. J. Casey External frontiers Mr. N. R. Varney Forged documents Mr. C. B. Manchip
Sub-group Heads of United Kingdom delegation Visa Mr. R. G. Yates Yugoslavia (special sub-group) Mr. A. Cunningham Heads of delegation will be assisted by other officers of the immigration and nationality department, and of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Government Departments, as the business requires.