§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will set out the response of the Government to concerns over human rights protection in the UK identified by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of the Judiciary in his report to the April 2000 session of the UN Human Rights Commission; and if he will place the relevant documentation in the Library. [121868]
§ Mr. MandelsonThe UN Special Rapporteur's oral statement to the 56th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights focused on Northern Ireland and therefore my hon. Friend's question has been passed to this Department.
A copy of the UN Special Rapporteur's oral statement is now available on the Internet at www.unhchr.ch.
The UK Government's response will be placed in the House of Commons Library once it has been completed.