The right hon. Gentleman makes compelling points about the need for the Human Rights Act to be retained. In relation to the devolved settlement in Northern Ireland, the Good Friday agreement was enshrined in the Northern Ireland Act 1998, with a direct coincidence of human rights provisions. Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Northern Ireland Committee on the Administration of Justice recently stated unequivocally that any breach of human rights legislation, or any plan to withdraw it, would be a breach of the provisions of the Good Friday agreement and of the Northern Ireland Act 1998?
Human Rights Act
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
(Social Democratic & Labour Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 June 2015.
It occurred during Debate on Human Rights Act.
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