§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to ratify the amendment to the Protocol of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television to enable it to enter into force on 1 October 2000. [110081]
§ Janet AndersonThe Protocol amending the European Convention on Transfrontier Television will enter into force on 1 October 2000, provided that no State Party to the Convention notifies the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of an objection to its entry into force. The United Kingdom has no plans to make such an objection.