To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times Ministers in his Department met their counterparts in the US Administration between 1 January 1998 and 1 June 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the Ministers involved and the name of the US counterpart. [80830]

I met the United States Attorney-General, Janet Reno, on 6 February 1998, during a visit to Washington, and have spoken to her by telephone from time to time.Between January and June 1998, there have been no other meetings between Ministers in my Department and their United States counterparts.