Human Rights Act

Indeed; the time it took to get such cases to court—and the need to have the means to do so—was a...

The right hon. Gentleman makes compelling points about the need for the Human Rights Act to be re...

Indeed. That illustrates perfectly what I say about the Human Rights Act being hardwired into the...

We are going to struggle for time, so I am putting a five-minute time limit on speeches. I hope t...

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), w...

I commend the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this debate. ...

Is it not important to draw a distinction between the convention and section 2 of the Human Right...

That is an interesting point, but I am not sure the hon. Gentleman is correct. My right hon. Frie...

To clarify the apparent misunderstanding among Government Members, section 2 of the Human Rights ...

It says “take into account”, and that is what it means. In forming the judgment, the court “must ...

indicated dissent.

Shake your head as much as you like, you will still have your head on your body.

Order. My head and my body are not a subject of discussion at this stage, so the words “you” and ...

Thank you, Mr Betts. May we get back to the question of the Human Rights Act and what it says? It...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, just as judges often made decisions that did not please all the t...

It is part of the balance in our constitutional process that Parliament is independent of the Exe...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I welcome the Minister to his place ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that there is one thing we need to look at? In the past, where we have ...

My right hon. and learned Friend makes a very fair point. I hope the Government will include that...

I am glad my right hon. and learned Friend is a optimist—he may need to be in the present circums...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that promotion, which is unexpected and undeserved on both co...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his election as Chair of the Select Committee, and I wish hi...

That is the question the Government need to answer. The phrase “based on the convention” is impor...

I am reducing the time for speeches to four minutes, to try to get everyone in.

3.20 pm

It is a pleasure to speak on this matter. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and She...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that his party is part of the institutions? His party leader is the...

Obviously I would not agree with that. We certainly do not adhere to or support the Belfast agree...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Mr Betts, I am conscious that others want to speak, and I want to give them the chance.

Fou...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on obtaining the deb...

I thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for bringing this debate to...

I look forward to having a British Bill of Rights on the statute book. That was in our manifesto,...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am not going to take any interventions, because even if I get an extra minute it will mean othe...

rose—

Order. We have time for only two more speeches before we go to the Front-Bench speakers. I am sor...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on initiat...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and to salute the right hon. Member ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the problem with the rights debate in Britain has been that, u...

My way at looking at things in terms of English law is that I prefer to assume that I have a righ...

Order. Joanna Cherry, the SNP spokesperson, will now have four minutes before I call the shadow M...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank the right hon. Member for Or...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Betts. I congratulate all wh...

If it is so impossible to have a British Bill of Rights alongside adherence to the convention, wh...

That question is for the Minister to answer, because we have seen literally nothing from the Gove...

It is an honour and a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the rig...

The Minister is quite right. In 2009 I worked on a paper with him as my chief of staff about the ...

I thought I had detected a slight revival of my right hon. and learned Friend’s former enthusiasm...

I can go back further if you want.

I am sure you could.

I also welcome the contribution made by the Chair of the Justice Commi...

Most people do not think it was rushed but would say that it was 20 or 30 years too late. The eff...

The shadow Minister makes an interesting point. If, as a new Government, we had introduced a Bill...

If the proposal is not to withdraw from the convention, would it still be applicable in British l...

The hon. Gentleman is alluding to the idea of having a middle course between throwing the baby ou...

I say, in passing, that I hope we never get to the stage where the implementation of law by the c...

The right hon. Gentleman is tempting me to prejudge the substantive content of the Bill and the c...