§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Atkinson) of 17 January,Official Report, columns 354–55, if he will list for each Council of Europe convention and agreement mentioned the lead Department in the British Government.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amory[holding answer 21 January 1994]: The table shows the lead Government Department for each of the conventions referred to in the question.
- Department of the Environment
- European outline convention on transfrontier co-operation between territorial communities or authorities (1980)
- European charter of local self-government (1985)
- Convention on civil liability for damage resulting from activities dangerous to the environment (1993)
- Department for Education
- European convention on the general equivalence of periods of university study (1990)
- Department of Health
- Agreement on the transfer of corpses (1973)
- Arrangement for the application of the European agreement of 17 October 1980 concerning the provision of medical care to persons during temporary residence (1988)
- Department of National Heritage
- European convention on offences relating to cultural property (1985)
- Department of Transport
- European convention on compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of motor vehicles (1959)
- European convention on the international effects of deprivation of the right to drive a motor vehicle (1976)
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Agreement relating to application of the European convention on international commercial arbitration (1962)
- European convention providing a uniform law of arbitration (1966)
- European convention on establishment of companies (1966)
- European convention on foreign money liabilities (1967)
- European convention on the place of payment of money liabilities (1972)
- European convention on civil liability for damage caused by motor vehicles (1973)
- European convention on products liability in regard to personal injury and death (1977)
- European convention on certain international aspects of bankruptcy (1990)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- European convention on consular functions (1967)
- Home Office
- European convention on the supervision of conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders (1964)
- European convention on the punishment of road traffic offences (1964)
- European convention on "au pair" placement (1969)
487 - European convention on the international validity of criminal judgments (1970)
- European convention on the repatriation of minors (1970)
- European convention on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters (1972)
- European convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitation to crimes against humanity and war crimes (1974)
- European Convention on the legal status of migrant workers (1977)
- European convention on the control of the acquisition and possession of firearms by individuals (1978)
- European convention for the protection of pet animals (1987)
- European charter on regional or minority languages
- Inland Revenue
- Convention on mutual administration assistance in tax matters (1988)
- Lord Chancellor's Department
- European Convention on the calculation of time limits (1972)
- European convention on the service abroad of documents relating to administrative matters (1977)
- European convention on the obtaining abroad of information and evidence in administrative matters (1978)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Eueropean Convention for the protection of animals for slaughter (1979)
- Department of Social Security
- European convention on social security (1972)
- Supplementary agreement to the European convention on social security (1972)
- European code of social security (Revised) (1990)