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2225 Written . ~. {LORDS] liberation ·movement which ·sought to invoke the protocol. Neither in Northern Ireland nor in any other part ofthe United Kingdom is there a situation which meets the crit~ria laid down for the application of· either protocol. .Nor is there :.any terrorist organisation operating within the United · Kingdom )Vhich fulfils :the requirements which a national liberation movement must meet in order to be entitled to claim rights under Protocol J. :There is therefore no question of any. of the pro- visions of either_ protocol benefiting. the IRA or .any others who may carry out terroris~ 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 indue course.. Legislation will be required to implement certain provisions of Proto- col I, as it was for the Geneva Conventions themselves. TOWN AND GENERAL· nn-.r..,'T·.,..,:TO.· . (AMENDMENT) ~ ....~..·.a. : ·Bar~ness STEWART ftl)i.:.£>.!'' 11 ~~l!~9H as~ed lier, M:ajest.Y's -~--,;..'f;~:~~t1i''~ m.~nt_: ; ... _-, ~.. . , . ·.. _ ' ·[: .- . i;· ·;,;il~~~ Whether they will make· a: Statement about the Town and Country Planning · · General · Development (Amendment) Order 1977. · L· Baroness BIRK :. My rig~t honourable friend the Secretary. of State is arranging for the .·order to be withdrawn.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 four minutes before eight o'clock.