European Court of Human Rights
Debate between Lord Bellamy and Lord Lexden(1 year, 1 month ago)
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Lord Bellamy (Con)
As I have just said, ideally, international collaboration and joint solutions are far preferable to unilateral action.
Lord Lexden (Con)
My Lords, notwithstanding my noble and learned friend’s comments about the possible need for change due to the passage of time, should we not always remember that it was a very distinguished Conservative, David Maxwell Fyfe, later Viscount Kilmuir and Lord Chancellor in this House, who drafted much of the present convention?
European Convention on Human Rights
Debate between Lord Bellamy and Lord Lexden(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Bellamy (Con)
The noble Lord is correct that there are references to the European Convention on Human Rights in the trade and co-operation agreement. We are not withdrawing from the convention—I do not know how many times I must say it before people understand the Government’s position. Since we are not withdrawing, the question of who has withdrawn or been expelled does not arise.
Lord Lexden (Con)
Does my noble friend agree that the European convention should be regarded as particularly precious by Conservatives, given the part that Winston Churchill and Lord Kilmuir played in devising it?