Human Rights

HC Deb 06 June 1997 vol 295 cc283-4W

Sir Richard Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the current British interpretation of human rights with the draft Amsterdam treaty, with particular reference to the use of the term "fundamental freedoms" in article F of the draft treaty. [1995]

Mr. Doug Henderson

We consider the use of the term human rights and fundamental freedoms in the draft Treaty to be fully compatible with the UK's understanding of that term.