§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he remains satisfied that the housing laws and immigration controls now operating in the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey do not break any international obligations or conventions.
§ Mr. MellorYes. Guernsey housing laws, which were the subject of a petition to the European Commission of360W Human Rights in 1978, were found by the commission not to be in breach of the European convention on human rights. Another petition relating to a Guernsey housing law of 1975 is currently under consideration by the commission and it would not be proper for me to make any comment on its details. However, we have no reason to think that the provisions of the 1975 Guernsey law, or the 1982 law which has succeeded it, or of the comparable Jersey legislation, are in breach of the convention. Immigration controls are based on the United Kingdom legislation, which has been extended to the islands.