§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a list of applications to the European Commission of Human Rights under Article 8 or Article 10 of the convention, and in each case, whether they will give an estimate of the legal costs they have incurred.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Glenarthur)There are 19 cases pending before the Commission, Committee of Ministers or the Court, in which the Government have submitted, or have been requested to submit, observations on Article 8 of the convention.
Number Name 9310/81 Rayner and another 9511/81 McCallum 10454/83 Gaskin 10461/83 Chappell 10843/84 ANNON 11095/84 ANON 11523/85 Grace 11745/85 and ANON 13595/88 11756/85 ANON 12175/86 ANON 12395/86 Chester 12327/86 ANON 12769/87 Stevens 13078/87 ANON 13134/87 Costello 13228/87 ANON 13590/88 Campbell 13681/88 Hocking 14416/88 ANON In only three cases have sums been paid in legal costs to date. These sums amount in total to £7,000.
There are five cases pending before the Commission, Committee of Ministers or the Court, in which the Government have submitted, or have been requested to submit, observations on Article 10 of the convention.
Number Name 12175/86 ANON 13166/87 Times Newspapers Ltd and Neil 13366/87 Atkinson and others 13490/88 ANON 13585/88 ANON In none of these cases have sums been paid out in legal costs to date.