§ 16. Mr. Gerald Howarthasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received on the subject of human rights in eastern Europe.
§ Mr. RentonWe receive numerous representations on this subject both from organisations and from individuals. Recent examples have concerned religious freedom in Rumania, the treatment of ethnic minorities in Bulgaria, imprisonment of members of the Jazz Section in Czechoslovakia and freedom of travel in Poland.
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 4 February, Official Report, column 666, what pressure his Department will bring to bear on those dependent territories which do not respond positively to his invitation to adopt the first protocol of the convention on human rights.
§ Mr. EggarThe dependent territories are at present reviewing the situation with regard to the extension to them of the first protocol. Until this review is complete it would be premature to consider whether any further steps are necessary.