HC Deb 24 January 1995 vol 253 cc135-6W
Sir Russell Johnston

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government will support the formal adoption of recommendation 1235 (1994) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe relating to psychiatry and human rights by the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The United Kingdom and the other member states of the Council of Europe are studying recommendation 1235 of the Parliamentary Assembly. We will decide in due course whether we are able to support its adoption by the Committee of Ministers.