§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how soon he expects to be in a position to announce a decision about the ratification by the United Kingdom of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe work necessary to determine whether the law and practice of both the United Kingdom and each Dependent Territory is in conformity with the provisions of international instruments that are as wide-ranging as the covenants is extremely involved and therefore time consuming. I commissioned work as a matter of priority on these issues on taking up my appointment last year, and work is now proceeding,inter alia, on the extent and formulation of the reservations that would need to be entered by the United Kingdom on ratification. I cannot, however, name a date by which ratification will be possible.
Country Transport Official entertainment £ £ United States of America (Washington) … … … 79,900 121,000 New Zealand (Wellington) … … … 8,000 12,400 India (New Delhi) … … … 16,000 18,400 West Germany (Bonn) … … … 135,800 64,900 France (Paris) … … … 87,500 99,000 Egypt (Cairo) … … … 10,200 11,000 Saudi Arabia (Jedda) … … … 12,700 7,400 Iran (Tehran) … … … 18,700 23,300 Italy (Rome) … … … 36,300 30,800
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the individual costs in the current financial year of running United Kingdom embassies or high commissions in the United States of America, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Argentine, Cuba, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Egypt, Algeria, Zaire, Zambia, Morocco, Israel, South Africa, Sudan, Spain, East Germany, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Austria, Malta, Finland,