§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of cases to date in which the United Kingdom has appeared before the European Court of Human Rights for breach of article 10 of the European convention; what was the judgment given; how many cases and who are the claimants that are pending to date; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe European Court of Human Rights has found a violation of article 10 of the European convention in one case brought against the United Kingdom. InThe 623W Sunday Times judgment of 26 April 1979, which concerned contempt of court, the court found a violation by 11 votes to nine.
There are five cases pending before the Commission in which the Government have submitted, or have been requested to submit, observations on article 10 of the convention. In three of these cases the applicants have not agreed to their identity being disclosed. The remaining two cases have been brought by Times Newspapers Ltd. and Neil, and by Atkinson and others.