Human Rights Covenants

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 19 Rhagfyr 1973.

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Photo of Mr Peter Archer Mr Peter Archer , Rowley Regis and Tipton 12:00, 19 Rhagfyr 1973

Bearing in mind the Government's obvious lack of enthusiasm for the covenant, the fact that they permitted the 25th anniversary of the universal declaration to pass entirely without comment, and that even when they did something right and renewed the right of individual petition under the European declaration they announced the matter stealthily in reply to a Written Question, what is it about human rights that the Government find so unattractive?