HL Deb 23 May 2002 vol 635 c111WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they intend to ratify the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. [HL4255]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Amos)

The UK signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography in September 2000 and does intend to ratify this instrument.