§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development when the Government will ratify the Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflict; and if she will make a statement. [22263]
§ Mr. HoonI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 December 2001, Official Report, columns 458–59W, to my hon. Friend the Member for South Swindon (Ms Drown).