§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have studied the revised preliminary draft report of the Council of Europe's Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography of 20 April on the humanitarian situation of the Kurdish refugees and displaced persons in south-east Turkey and north Iraq; and whether they agree with its conclusions. [HL2436]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanWe have studied the revised preliminary draft report of the Council of Europe's Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography of 20 April 1998. We have also studied the final report, adopted by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on 25 June 1998. We are in broad agreement with the conclusions outlined in the final report, and with Assembly Recommendation 1377 and Assembly Order No. 545 on this issue.