HC Deb 30 March 1998 vol 309 c355W
Mr. Robert McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the announcement of the membership of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights was made on 31 December 1997. [37163]

Marjorie Mowlam

The membership of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights was announced in a press notice on 30 December 1997 because I had appointed eight new members to the Commission.