HC Deb 17 December 1997 vol 303 c170W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure there is parliamentary scrutiny of proposals in respect of the EU Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters.[21335]

Mr. Michael

My hon. Friend the Minister of State, the Member for Gateshead, East and Washington, West (Ms Quin), deposited the draft convention for scrutiny on 24 July and made a revised text available on 1 December. She will today give oral evidence about the draft convention to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities (Sub-Committee E).