HC Deb 19 November 2001 vol 375 c15W
Mr. Hague

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to his answer of 8 November 2001,Official Report, column 380W, on the application of the Race Relations Act 1976 to service personnel, if he will list the overseas military bases where the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 do not apply to service personnel working wholly there; [15639]

(2) pursuant to his answer of 8 November 2001, Official Report, column 380W, on the application of the Race Relations Act 1976 to service personnel, what plans he has to amend sections 75(2)(c) and 75(10)(a) of the Race Relations Act 1976 to ensure that service personnel asked to serve on sovereign bases outside the European Union are protected by the Race Relations Act 1976; [15638]

(3) what assessment his Department made of Article 6(1) and Article 14 of the Human Rights Act 1998 in relation to the case of Surinder Nath Saggar of Brompton on Swale, North Yorkshire. [15640]

Mr. Ingram

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 October 2001,Official Report, column 404W. I hope that I will be in a position to write to the right hon. Member with a full substantive reply shortly, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.