HC Deb 08 January 2001 vol 360 c421W
Mr. Jim Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Brussels on 30 November to 1 December; and if he will make a statement. [141624]

Mrs. Roche

My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, together with the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, and the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice for the Scottish Executive, represented the United Kingdom at the 30 November and 1 December Council. The business of the meeting was divided into two halves, justice and general issues and interior issues. A summary of the main matters dealt with at the meeting have been placed in the Library.