Indigenous Populations

HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 c617W

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans the Government have to ratify ILO convention 169 on indigenous and tribal populations. [38317]

Mr. Forth

ILO convention 169 has no practical application in the UK. The Government do not propose to ratify it.