HL Deb 15 January 1997 vol 577 c31WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will make available to the public, under the 30-year rule, the official records relating to the government's decision in December 1966 for the first time accepting the right of individual petition, under Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights, enabling persons complaining of breaches of the Convention by the United Kingdom to petition the European Commission of Human Rights.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)

The records are available to the public at the Public Record Office at file reference FO 371/190591-2.