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Oral Answers to Questions

Desmond Swayne Excerpts
Wednesday 22nd June 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I think the whole House will have seen how those initial accounts of what took place were completely debunked and proved to be incorrect in respect of the Liverpool fans, and I think it was right that the French authorities and, I think, UEFA issued a full apology for what had happened.

Desmond Swayne Portrait Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
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Q12. Taking back control is to apply to the European Court of Human Rights too, isn’t it?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I think my right hon. Friend should wait for my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister to say a little about that in just a moment, but I can tell him that when it comes to the Rwanda policy that we are pursuing, that policy has not been ruled unlawful by any UK court or, so far, by any international court, and we will continue with that policy.