Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on preventing the spread of Islamic State to Europe.

On 15th August, the Foreign Secretary met with EU counterparts at the Foreign Affairs Council and on 29th August, the Minister for Europe, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (Mr Lidington), met with his EU counterparts at Gymnich where the issue of preventing the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to Europe was raised. On 30th August, the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), discussed this issue with counterparts in the European Council, which subsequently adopted conclusions which focussed on protecting Europe from immediate security threats from ISIL.