European Court of Human Rights Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice
Wednesday 25th October 2023

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bellamy Portrait Lord Bellamy (Con)
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As I have just said, ideally, international collaboration and joint solutions are far preferable to unilateral action.

Lord Lexden Portrait Lord Lexden (Con)
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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?

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