HC Deb 15 March 1993 vol 221 cc39-40W
Mr. Mike O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects a report from the Trevi ad hoc working party on Europol; and what co-operation exists between that working party and the EC ad hoc working group on international organised crime.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The ad hoc working group of Europol reports to Trevi Ministers once during each EC presidency. It will next report at the Trevi ministerial meeting in Copenhagen on 1 and 2 June.

Mr. Mike O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects a report from the EC ad hoc working group on international organised crime set up in September 1992; whether that report will be published; and what consideration is being given in the report to dealing with the organisation and structures of international crime organisations.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The ad hoc working group on international organised crime is expected to report to Ministers of the Interior and Justice during the Danish presidency. It will be for these Ministers to decide whether the report should be published.

The ad hoc working group on Europol and the ad hoc working group on organised crime have some common membership.

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