Human Rights Act 1998 Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Human Rights Act 1998

Lord Tomlinson Excerpts
Wednesday 12th October 2011

(13 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Morgan Portrait Lord Morgan
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My Lords—

Lord Tomlinson Portrait Lord Tomlinson
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My Lords—

Baroness Greengross Portrait Baroness Greengross
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My Lords, in declaring an interest as the second lead commissioner on human rights in the Equality and Human Rights Commission, I ask the Minister for reassurance that the Government will, in any look at a Bill of Rights, not go back on the basis of the Human Rights Act but build on it—that they will look at some of the controversial workings of the Act, which need looking at, but not take us backwards. It is very important that we are all committed, as I think we all are, to the basic human rights principles.