Debates between Baroness Chakrabarti and Lord Hannan of Kingsclere during the 2019 Parliament

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Council of Europe: Death Penalty

Debate between Baroness Chakrabarti and Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
Monday 20th March 2023

(1 year, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Hannan of Kingsclere Portrait Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con)
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My Lords, given that the rights adumbrated in the ECHR are anticipated—predated, sometimes, by centuries—by the laws of this country, what does my noble friend the Minister fear would be the right we would lose if we were to abrogate the convention?

Baroness Chakrabarti Portrait Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab)
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The death penalty?

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