Canada

Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions she has had with her Canadian counterpart on (a) the threats posed by home grown terrorists and (b) how such threats can best be countered.

Mr. McCartney
[holding answer 8 June 2006]: My right. hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not yet had the opportunity to discuss counter terrorism issues with her Canadian counterpart. My right. hon. Friend the then Home Secretary discussed counter terrorism issues with Stockwell Day, Canadian Minister for Public Safety, on 27 March 2006.

This is also an area on which we have frequent contacts at official level.