HL Deb 28 April 1998 vol 589 cc22-3WA
Lord Dean of Beswick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they will make available the decisions and declarations adopted by the Schengen Executive Committee. [HL1681]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

We have placed in the Library copies of all of the decisions and declarations of the Schengen Executive Committee and of its subordinate body, the Schengen Central Group, which are part of the Schengen acquis and are in our possession, except for six documents, or parts thereof, which are classified as "Confidential" by the Schengen states. These cover the period up to and including June 1997.

Some of the documents are incomplete and there are some others which we have not yet received; these (together with the confidential documents) are indicated in the list which accompanies the documents deposited in the Library. As soon as we receive the missing documents, and also documents issued since June 1997, we shall deposit them in the Library.

A number of the documents are in French or German. We are endeavouring to obtain English translations of these which, when received, we will deposit in the Library.