Abu Qatada Debate

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Department: Home Office

Abu Qatada

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts
Monday 30th April 2012

(12 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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My Lords, I would not want to comment on the sense of timing of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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My Lords, the Minister has already referred to listening to the court. In terms of lost days, he will know that the Prime Minister told the BBC that his officials had checked with the European court the deadline for the appeal. Will the Minister give the House of Lords chapter and verse as to when the Home Office checked with the European court and what the court said?