§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer given by the Lord Chancellor on 22 July (WA 153), whether they consider that United Kingdom courts are under a duty to give effect to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Goodwin v. United Kingdom in interpreting Section 10 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 notwithstanding the decision of the House of Lords in that case or the judgment of the High Court on 4 July 1997 in Camelot Group plc v. Centaur Communications Ltd.
§ The Lord ChancellorTheGoodwin judgment itself is still under consideration by the Committee of Ministers pursuant to Article 54 of the Convention.