§ 35. Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the existing bilateral treaties between the United Kingdom and the United States of America. [90492]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThere are currently over 500 bilateral treaties with the United States, covering a wide range of subjects. One of the earliest is entitled, "Provisional Articles of Peace with the United States of America", which was signed in Paris on 30 November 1782. The most recent treaty is the "Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Government of the United States of America relating to investment incentives", which was signed in Washington on 20 April 1999. Bilateral treaties cover a diverse range of subjects including the final suppression of the African slave trade, visas, the carriage of ammunition, the use of military facilities on Ascension Island and drug trafficking.