HL Deb 24 September 2002 vol 638 cc179-80WA
Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why there is no reference to an ethical dimension to foreign policy in the list of objectives of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office contained within the HM Treasury document 2002 Spending Review: Public Service Agreements 2003–2006 (Cm 5571). [HL5754]

Baroness Amos

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's objectives describe what the FCO aims to achieve across the full range of its activities. The Government continue to put human rights at the heart of their foreign policy. This is evident in many of the latest objectives, just as it was in the objectives for the 2000 Spending Review period.