§ 37. Mr. James Lamondasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it is the Government's intention to sign the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16th December 1966.
§ Mr. LuardHer Majesty's Government have no plans at present to become a party to the optional protocol to the740W International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.