§ Baroness FISHER of REDNALasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have ratified the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1979 in New York.
§ Lord CARRINGTONThe Government are still studying the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women; no decision has yet been taken in regard to signature or subsequent ratification.