HL Deb 20 January 1997 vol 577 cc40-1WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish, under the 30-year rule, official records relating to the Government's decision of December 1955 to accept the right of individual petition under Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms allowing individuals to complain to the European Commission of Human Rights of alleged breaches of the Convention by the United Kingdom.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Our records are available to the public at the Public Record Office, file reference FO 371/117564–5.