§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether there are any cases awaiting judgment pending against him in (a) European courts outside the United Kingdom and (b) the European Commission of Human Rights; if he will list any such cases in the Official Report; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherThere are nine separate applications to the European Commission of Human Rights concerning compensation under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 in which the respondent is the United Kingdom Government and in which my Department has a responsibility. The Government are contesting these applications and the Commission has arranged a hearing on some of the issues in the week beginning 24 January 1983. I regret that, under the Commission's rules of procedure, the contents of all case files, including the names of the applicants, are confidential, and I am therefore unable to list the applicants in the cases in question.