HC Deb 01 February 2001 vol 362 cc282-3W
33. Miss McIntosh

To ask the Solicitor-General what recent discussions the Director of the Serious Fraud Office has had with his European Union counterparts; and if he will make a statement. [146809]

The Solicitor-General

The Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Mrs. Rosalind Wright, addressed the Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime in September 2000. The Director ensures that the SFO makes the fullest possible contribution to the continuous discussions with her European colleagues on improving the response to fraud and mutual legal assistance within the European Union.

The Director and her staff are also in regular contact with member states' specialist financial crime and fraud investigators, magistrates and prosecutors in connection with casework.