HC Deb 16 January 1981 vol 996 c628W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the international conventions under which the United Kingdom has responsibilities which were taken account of in the preparation of the British Nationality Bill.

Mr. Raison

The list is as follows:

The United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (1965).

The United Nations International Covenant on civil and political rights (1966).

The European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (1950).

The Hague Protocol relating to certain cases of statelessness (1930).

The United Nations Convention on the status of stateless persons (1954).

The United Nations Convention on the reduction of statelessness (1961).

The Hague Convention on certain questions relating to the conflict of nationality laws (1930).

The Council of Europe Convention on the reduction of cases of multiple nationality and military obligations in cases of multiple nationality (1953); a protocol amending the Convention (1977); and an additional protocol amending the Convention (1977).

The United Nations Convention relating to the status of refugees (1951); and the Protocol on the status of refugees (1967).

The United Nations Convention on the status of married women (1957).

The European Convention on the adoption of children (1967).