§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral answer of 19 October 1999,Official Report, column 261, what agreement he has reached with participants at the Tampere Summit to draw up a list of action to take against secrecy and illegality in matters related to actual and suspected drug transactions. [96884]
§ The Prime MinisterAs I said in my answer to my hon. Friend on 25 October 1999,Official Report, columns 717-18, we agreed a range of special concrete actions against money laundering at Tampere. We also agreed that drug trafficking should be one of the forms of criminality in respect of which work should be done to define common offences and penalties, in order to ensure that these crimes can be prosecuted effectively in every member state. A copy of the Presidency Conclusions, in which the actions are listed, has been placed in the Libraries of the House.