The google.xml search plugin won't speak English

I have just updated Firefox 3.6.15 to version 4 running under Windows 7 SP1. Before I upgraded it I had edited google.xml to change all instances of http://www.google.com to http://www.google.co.uk. I also added the line <Param name="hl" value="en"/> to a list towards the bottom of the google.xml file
In version 3.6.x I always got the search results in English when I put a query in the search bar (top, right hand of the screen) but now with Firefox 4 I get the results in the language of the country where I am staying. I am often in France, Belgium and Holland and don't speak Dutch or Flemish so how can I make Firefox produce the search results in English. Is there something in the "about:config" file that I need to alter?
I have another computer that is running Windows XP with Firefox 3.6.15 and although it lives in France I can make it produce its search results from google.co.uk. Why won't Firefox 4 do the same?

http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
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