§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he intends to announce a United Kingdom nomination for the board of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia; and when he estimates the Centre will commence its work. [9923]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonWe are considering possible candidates and hope to make an announcement as soon as possible. We hope the centre will start work early in 1998.