HC Deb 01 July 1999 vol 334 c249W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement. [88476]

Kate Hoey

The information requested for the period since 1 July 1998 is given in the table. Attendance from the Home Office was usually by one or two officials of around grade 7 level, with members of the United Kingdom Permanent Representation to the European Union and officials of other Government Departments as necessary.

Working group Number of meetings
Visa Working Group 10
Working Party on Economic Question (Data Protection) 7
Regulators Group (Building and Construction Materials)1 4
Standing Committee on Construction (Construction Products Directive)1 3
Article 10 (Precursor Chemicals) Committee 3
Working Group on Posting of Third-Country National Workers2 3
Asylum Working Group2 1
Expulsions Working Group2 1
Migration Working Group2 1
Eurodac Working Group2 1
Contact Committee On Money Laundering 1
DGXV officials group on transfer of information at the European Parliamentary elections 1999 1
1Since the coming into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam on 1 May
2Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions DETR lead Department

In addition, several Working Groups convened under the auspices of Title VI of the Treaty on European Union met on a number of occasions during the period in question.