HC Deb 13 January 2004 vol 416 cc684-5W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs on how many occasions the Secretary of State met the Secretary of State for Home Affairs to discuss(a) asylum seekers and (b) reform of the criminal justice system in the last 12 months. [146673]

Mr. Lammy

In the last 12 months the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs has met the Secretary of State for Home Affairs to discuss asylum seekers on eight separate occasions and on 15 separate occasions to discuss reform of the criminal justice system. They will also have discussed these issues in the context of other meetings.