Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (Hansard, 12 October 2004)

HL Deb 12 October 2004 vol 665 c53WA 53WA

§ Lord Avebury
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will now annul the reservation entered by the previous Government to Article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, when it was ratified in 1986. [HL4181]

§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)
No. As explained in the report on the Interdepartmental Review of International Human Rights Instruments, copies of which were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 22 July 2004, there remains some minor inconsistency between British nationality law and the terms of Article 9 of the convention. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate to withdraw the reservation at the present time.