HL Deb 18 March 1985 vol 461 cc391-2WA
Baroness Faithfull

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will now announce who will represent the United Kingdom at the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women in Nairobi on 15th-26th July.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)

I will lead the United Kingdom delegation. The deputy leader will be Dame Anne Warburton DCVO, CMG, United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations at Geneva. The delegation will also include my noble friend the Baroness Gardner of Parkes (United Kingdom Representative on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women). My noble friend the Baroness Platt of Writtle (Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission), Mrs. Clark-Glass (Chairman of the Northern Ireland Equal Opportunities Commission), Mrs. Nancy Catchpole (Women's National Commission) and a small number of Government officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Home Office. Representatives from Dependent Territories will also be included.