Human Rights: Spending Cuts Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Human Rights: Spending Cuts

Lord Marlesford Excerpts
Thursday 7th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Marlesford Portrait Lord Marlesford
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My Lords, does my noble friend agree that if the division of the national cake were to be determined by human rights, the UK budget would end up being settled by the European Court of Human Rights, the quality of life of this country could well be shattered and a lot of very deserving people would end up with very few crumbs?

Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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I hear what my noble friend says, but in fact the budget of this country will be decided in the first instance by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ably aided by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and then by the views of Parliament, mostly in the other place.