Illegal Migration Bill

Debate between Yasmin Qureshi and Stella Creasy

Committee stage
Monday 27th March 2023 Commons Chamber

[Stella Creasy]

I think we have all expounded quite clearly on how that the interpretation that the hon. Member for Devizes sought to set out of what Churchill thought might not be an entirely complete representation of what that gentleman—he made sure that we were among the first signatories to the European Court of Human Rights, and he continued to campaign and lobby for it and its development and evolution up until his death—would in fact have thought.

[Yasmin Qureshi]

Will my hon. Friend give way?

[Stella Creasy]

I will happily give way, but then I really must bring my remarks to an end.

[Yasmin Qureshi]

The thing I am having difficulty understanding is this. We signed the European convention on human rights, and we have signed many other international conventions. If we are not going to abide by the rules of those conventions, why did we sign them?