International Criminal Court (Hansard, 16 February 1999)

HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 cc736-7W 736W

21. Dr. Tony Wright
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the development of the International Criminal Court. [69442]

§ Mr. Tony Lloyd
Seventy-five States, including the UK, have signed the Statute of the International Criminal Court, and one—Senegal—has ratified it. We intend that the UK should be among the first sixty States to ratify. The first meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the Court begins today in New York. The Government will 737W continue to lobby for international support for the Court, and will play a full part in the work of the Preparatory Commission.