Abu Qatada Debate

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Abu Qatada

Ian Davidson Excerpts
Thursday 19th April 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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As I have said, the Government have set up a process in relation to the Bill of Rights. I also gently remind my right hon. and hon. Friends that people in the United Kingdom had access to the European Court of Human Rights before the Human Rights Act; the situation is simply that the relationship has changed.

Ian Davidson Portrait Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West) (Lab/Co-op)
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Are this Government funding this man’s interminable appeals by providing unlimited legal aid?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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No, we have been very clear about the issue of the availability of finance for Abu Qatada, and I assure the hon. Gentleman that some of the claims being made about the finances that are being made available to Abu Qatada are not correct.