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2225 Written {LORDS J liberation ·movement which ·sought to TOWN AND COUNTRY'....-·JUM>....... {nvoke the protocol. Neither in Northern GENERAL Ireland nor in any other part of the United (AMENDMENT) ORDER; Kingdom is there a situation which meets · . . . r the criteria laid down for the application ·Baroness STEWART of' of either protocol. Nor is there any CHURCH asked Her MajestY's Gcn;..,rr,::•~;;~ terrorist organisation operating within ID.ent: · ; · ·· ., · · the United· Kingdom which fulfils 'the Whetherthey will make a Staten:i.~~t requirements· which a national liberation about the Town and Country Planning movement must meet in order to be entitled General Development (Amendment) to claim rights U:nder Protocol I .. There is Order 1977. · therefore no question of any. of the pro- visions of either protocol benefiting the IRA or .any others who may carry out terrorist activities in peacetime. · The protocols will not become binding upon. the United Kingdom unless and until the signature is ratified. The Govern- ment intend to move towards ratification in due course. . Legislation will be required to implement certain provisions of Proto- col I, as it was for the Geneva Conventions themselves. · ' · Baroness BIRK: My right honourable friend the Secretaryof State is arranging for the order to be withdrawn. The Government will shortly be presenting to Parliament the response to the Eighth Report of the Expenditure Committee: Planning Procedures. He intends to consider further the provisions of the general development order in the light of reactions to that response. House. adjourned at fo.ur minutes before eight o'clock.