Abu Qatada (Deportation)

Baroness May of Maidenhead Excerpts

Tuesday 16th July 2013 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the Statement given to the House by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) on Abu Qatada (Deportation) on 8 July 2013.

[The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May)]

It is important to remember that the UK Government already had assurances about Qatada’s treatment in Jordan—assurances that have been upheld in the courts—but in February last year the European Court of Human Rights moved the goalposts and declared that his deportation would be unlawful because of the risk that evidence obtained through the mistreatment of others might be used against him.

[Official Report, 8 July 2013, Vol. 566, c. 23.]

Letter of correction from Theresa May:

An error has been identified in the Statement given on 8 July 2013.

The correct Statement should have been:

[The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May)]

It is important to remember that the UK Government already had assurances about Qatada’s treatment in Jordan—assurances that have been upheld in the courts—but in January last year the European Court of Human Rights moved the goalposts and declared that his deportation would be unlawful because of the risk that evidence obtained through the mistreatment of others might be used against him.