Alistair Carmichael
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Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Elizabeth Truss
My hon. Friend makes a very good point. It is absolutely the reason we want to pursue a British Bill of Rights to put that in place.
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)
If we are to have the Supreme Court as the ultimate arbiter, does that mean that the Lord Chancellor wants to withdraw from the European convention?
Elizabeth Truss
The Prime Minister has been very clear that leaving the European convention on human rights is not something that we are going to pursue.