§ Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the ethical guidelines that will be followed in respect of co-operation with EU National Anti-Terrorist Evaluation Teams. [72159]
§ Mr. BlunkettArticle 6 of the draft EU Council Decision for establishing a mechanism for evaluating the legal systems and their implementation at national level in the fight against terrorism (8811/2/02) states that the visits of the evaluation teams established under the Decision would be arranged by the Member State. Any visits arranged to the United Kingdom would be entirely in accordance with longstanding policy and codes of behaviour in relation to matters of national security and68W our national law, including the Official Secrets Act 1989. Article 9 of the draft Decision requires the evaluation teams to respect the confidentiality of any information they receive in connection with their task.