§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason Her Majesty's Government have not ratified the Council of Europe Criminal law convention on corruption; and if he will make a statement. [77989]
§ Mr. BoatengThe United Kingdom signed the Convention on 27 January 1999 and was one of the first States to do so. We are currently considering, in the context of a review of our legislation dealing with corruption, whether, and if so what, changes to domestic criminal law will be needed to enable us to ratify the Convention.