Rights of the Child

HC Deb 11 July 1990 vol 176 c267W

78. Mr. Stott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has yet set the timetable for ratification of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Sainsbury

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Clydesdale (Mr. Hood) on 9 May.

Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has yet set a timetable for the ratification of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Sainsbury

The United Kingdom signed the United Nations convention on the rights of the child on 19 April 1990. We intend to ratify the convention as soon as possible.