§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to sign and ratify the First Optional Protocol to the International Council on Civil and Political Rights on behalf of the United Kingdom. [170185]
§ Mr. RammellThe Government are currently reviewing the United Kingdom's position in relation to a number of international human rights instruments. This review includes the First Op ional Protocol to the1352W International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which allows the right of individual petition. We will announce the outcomes of the Review to Parliament as soon as is reasonably possible.