§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, and, if so, when, they intend to introduce legislation correctly to transpose the EC Equal Treatment Directive 76/207/EEC into national law, in the light of the decision of the Divisional Court of 17 December 1991 in R v Secretary of State for Defence, ex parte Lane and Leale, so that members and former members of the armed forces are able to ascertain the full extent of their rights under the directive in accordance with the principle of legal certainty.
§ Lord HenleyThe intention is that appropriate legislation will be introduced in due course.