§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why they have provided no information to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in their Thirteenth Periodic Report, about the position in Dependent Territories other than Hong Kong.
§ Lord CheshamThe reports on the Dependent Territories to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and on the UN treaty monitoring bodies, are based on material supplied by their governments. Assembling the necessary information is an important but time-consuming task for small administrations. We hope to be able to submit the outstanding reports by early autumn.