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

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Council of Europe: Death Penalty

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

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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?

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