§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what legal challenges he has received to the application of the Human Rights Act 1998 in the Cayman Islands. [72162]
§ Mr. Mike O'Brien[holding answer 23 July 2002]: None. The Human Rights Act 1998 has not been extended to the Cayman Islands.
§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what legal challenges he has received in respect of application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Cayman Islands, effective under clause 53(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998. [72163]
§ Mr. Mike O'Brien[holding answer 23 July 2002]: None. The Cayman Islands has accepted the extension by the UK of the European Convention on Human Rights to the Cayman Islands, but not the right of individual petition.
§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 16 July 2002,Official Report, column 175W, on overseas territories, if he will list those overseas territories with whom Her Majesty's Government are in consultation about refining and improving their statistical returns. [72309]
§ Mr. Mike O'Brien[holding answer 23 July 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) today (UIN71571).