§ Mr. Ripponasked the Lord Privy Seal when Her Majesty's Government will be in a positon to submit their observations on the admissibility and merits of the application made by Yarrow PLC to the European Commission of Human Rights in February 1981.
§ Mr. Humphrey AtkinsWork on the Government's observations on the admissibility and merits of the application to the European Commission of Human Rights by Yarrow and Company Limited, and of the other applications which raise similar issues under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977, is now at an advanced stage. The Government will, as I said in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey, North-West (Mr. Grylls) on 8 February, make every effort to submit their observations in these cases by the appropriate dates approved by the Commission.