Debates between Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway and Lord Bellamy during the 2019-2024 Parliament

European Court of Human Rights

Debate between Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway and Lord Bellamy
Wednesday 25th October 2023

(1 year, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bellamy Portrait Lord Bellamy (Con)
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I entirely agree with my noble friend.

Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway Portrait Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab)
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My Lords, will the Minister undertake to educate Cabinet colleagues about the specific impact that leaving the convention would have on the Good Friday agreement, and on our trade and co-operation agreement with the EU? I refer him to the Institute for Government, which has recently published analysis that says it would have a huge destabilising and damaging impact.

Lord Bellamy Portrait Lord Bellamy (Con)
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Not being a member of the Cabinet, I cannot give the noble Baroness that undertaking, but I am sure the Government as a whole are well aware of the implications of what we are discussing.