§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on those countries where women do not have the vote; and to which of those countries he has made representations on their observance of human rights for women.
409W
§ Mr. WaldegraveThere are, of course, many countries where neither men nor women have the vote. Women are also under a variety of specific electoral disabilities in a number of different parts of the world. We do not have a complete list of these. Our support for universal suffrage and equal treatment for women is clear from our ratification of the relevant international instruments, particularly the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, and the international covenant on civil and political rights.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the Kuwait Government on their observance of human rights for women.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNo. As already stated, our position on female suffrage is clear from our ratification of both the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and the international covenant on civil and political rights.