§ Q10. Mr. Higginsasked the Prime Minister if her Maestys' Government will recognise the competence of the European Commission on Human Rights to receive petitions within the terms of Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; and if it will declare, pursuant to Article 46 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, that it recognises as compulsory, ipso facto and without special agreement, the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights on all matters concerning the interpretation and application of the Convention.
§ The Prime MinisterHer Majesty's Government are at present looking into the whole matter.