To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will raise in the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference the question of police investigations by the Garda Siochána and the Royal Ulster Constabulary in each other's jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 28 April 1988]: We have regularly discussed a wide range of security matters in the Intergovernmental Conference, and will continue to do so. Details of proceedings are generally confidential, except as they are recorded in joint statements issued after each meeting.