HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 cc422-3W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list consultations his Department has conducted since 1997; and when each consultation(a) opened and (b) closed. [97422]

Mr. Straw

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has conducted the following public consultations since 1997:

  1. 1. Panel 2000: Consultation Document. Presented to Parliament on 10 September 1998 and closed on 15 November 1998. The website address is http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/panel2000,0.pdf
  2. 2. International Criminal Court: Consultation on draft legislation. Presented to Parliament on 1 August 2000 and closed on 12 October 2000. The website address http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/icc.pdf
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  3. 3. Private Military Companies: Options for Regulation. Presented to Parliament on 12 February 2002 and closed on 12 August 2002. The website address is: http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/mercenaries,0.pdf
  4. 4. Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Countering the Threat from Biological Weapons. Presented to Parliament on 12 February 2002 and closed on 13 September 2002. The website address is:
  5. http://www.fco.gov.uk/Eiles/kfile/btwc290402.pdf