§ Lord Renton of Mount Harryasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether there have been recent cases in United Kingdom courts involving claims of sovereign immunity which have led them to consider making changes to the law. [HL3661]
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)No. Her Majesty's Government have no present plans to amend the existing law on sovereign immunity, in particular the State Immunity Act 1978. However, this law is kept under continual review in the light of recent case law both here and abroad and recent studies of the International Law Commission of the United Nations.