HC Deb 25 February 1959 vol 600 c171W
Mr. Knox Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the date upon which the United Kingdom ratified the International Convention relating to the Limitation of Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships, signed at Brussels in October, 1957; and what other countries have ratified the said Convention.

Mr. R. Allan

The International Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships, which was signed at Brussels in October, 1957, was ratified by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom on 18th February, 1959. Up to the present, no other State has ratified this Convention.