§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to Baroness Chalker of Wallasey's Written Answers of 1 March (WA 97) and 20 March (WA 55), whether in their Second or Third Periodic Report on Dependent Territories or any supplemental report thereto under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights they have informed the Human Rights Committee of their decision not to renew the right of individual 18WA petition under Article 63 (4) of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands; and, if not, why not.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyThe decision not to renew the acceptance of the right of individual petition in respect of the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands under Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights was notified to the UN Human Rights Committee in connection with the United Kingdom's Third Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.