§ Mr. CashTo ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his Answer of 14 October 2003 to the honourable Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd),Official Report, column 60W, on international treaties, on what evidential basis he relied in his statement that a State may not plead its national law to escape its international law obligations, including its treaty obligations. [132934]
§ The Prime Minister:The principle referred to in the answer of 14 October 2003, Official Report, column 60W, is well established. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice have produced a consistent jurisprudence upholding this principle.