(1) Whether the Government, seen against the background of its constitutional obligations in respect of human rights, intends signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; if not, why not; if so, by what date will this be done; (2) whether the Government, seen against the background of its constitutional obligations regarding human rights, intends to institute local legislation supportive of the treaty itself as well as the optional protocol; if not, why not; if so, by what date will this take place?