(6 years, 6 months ago)
Lords ChamberNo Parliament can bind its successor; one would expect every Government to consider human rights as an ongoing process, and how best to protect them.
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 63A, which is in my name and has already been spoken to with great passion by the noble Lord, Lord Cashman. He gave an excellent antidote to a debate that has otherwise been an important but nevertheless cerebral examination of the legal position of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.