§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will make a statement concerning ratification by the United Kingdom of those conventions and protocols, agreed in the intergovernmental consultative organisation, which have been signed by the United Kingdom but remain unnotified.
§ Mr. TebbitThe Merchant Shipping Act 1979 contains the powers necessary to implement various conventions and protocols that have been agreed under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation and signed by the United Kingdom. I anticipate that we shall ratify a number of those instruments in the near future.