§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 18 June 1998,Official Report, column 303, if he will make a statement on each of the 53 cases before the European Court of Human Rights which have been declared admissible and are awaiting examination of the facts. [47205]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe cases are as follows
one case concerning the independence and impartiality of a Court in Guernsey which refused the applicant permission for a change of use of a packing shed in which he had made his home;two cases concerning the fairness of the trial of two 11-year old boys for murder, and in particular the fact that the trial was held in public in an adult court, and also the role of the Secretary of State in fixing the minimum period of their detention;six cases concerning the refusal of planning permission for gipsies to live in their caravans on land which they own;one case concerning the threatened expulsion of an Indian national who is the wife of the first applicant and the mother of the other applicants, aged 18 months and 3 months;one case concerning the refusal of legal aid for a criminal appeal in Scotland;one case concerning the lawfulness of the applicant's detention with a view to deportation, the adequacy of the reasons given and the alleged absence of an effective review of the lawfulness of the detention, given the national security issues invoked;531Wone case concerning the separation of the applicant from her baby when she was in detention on remand;three cases concerning the independence and impartiality of a court-martial;one case concerning the suicide in prison of the applicant's son, who had a history of mental illness;one case concerning the alleged negligence of the social services in removing a child from her mother, and the exclusion of liability for such negligence;one case concerning the alleged negligence of the social services in failing to take the applicants into care as children, despite being aware of the neglect and abuse to which they were exposed at home, and the exclusion of liability for such negligence;one case concerning the absence of legal aid in Guernsey to pursue a civil action for false imprisonment;one case concerning the absence of a public hearing in arbitration proceedings;one case concerning the issuing of a national security certificate by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, thus excluding the applicant from the protection of the provisions against religious and political discrimination contained in fair employment legislation;three cases concerning the non-disclosure of material by the prosecution in criminal proceedings, on the ground of public interest immunity;one case concerning the alleged absence of a right to a court review of the applicant's detention in mental hospital, where they are serving life sentences following criminal convictions;one case concerning the refusal of legal recognition of a change of sex;one case concerning the absence of legal recognition of a change of sex;three cases concerning the derecognition of trade unions by certain employers;one case concerning hunt saboteurs whose behaviour was sanctioned as "contra bonos mores";one case concerning the arrest and imprisonment of the applicant, a Spanish citizen, on his arrival in the United Kingdom, in connection with non-payment of maintenance arrears, and the proceedings relating thereto;two cases concerning the automatic exclusion of bail for persons detained on remand on suspicion of certain serious offences, when they have previously been convicted of one of such offences;one case concerning the refusal to grant a woman who gave up work to look after her young son and incapacitated husband an additional tax allowance which is available to men with an incapacitated wife;17 cases concerning detention for non-payment of the community charge.