HC Deb 01 July 1988 vol 136 c376W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statment on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the draft United Nations convention on the rights of the child indicating any articles to which Her Majesty's Government object or seek to amend.

Mr. Eggar

We support the draft United Nations convention on the rights of the child and have played a leading role in its drafting. There are no articles to which we object but they are seeking amendments to clarify or modify the text of the following articles to ensure that they are consistent with United Kingdom legal and administrative provisions: articles 2, 3(3), 4(1), 4(2), 5(bis), 6(1), 6(2), 6(bis), 7, 7(bis), 8, 10, 11(1), 11(2), 15(3), 18(2), 18(ter), 18(quinto), 18(sixt), 19, 20.