HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 c569W
Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which Department has responsibility for monitoring the Warsaw Convention as it relates to air travel. [66826]

Ms Glenda Jackson

Responsibility for the monitoring of the Warsaw Convention rests with the International Civil Aviation Organisation. My Department has responsibility for policy matters relating to the Convention and the implementation of it in United Kingdom legislation. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is responsible for the signature and ratification of new instruments and, when new instruments enter into force, is the recipient of formal communications from the Government of Poland.