Most people do not think it was rushed but would say that it was 20 or 30 years too late. The effect of the Act is to incorporate the convention, which it does, to use the phrase of the former Attorney General, the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve), in a very conservative way. What is the problem with that?
Human Rights Act
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Slaughter
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 June 2015.
It occurred during Debate on Human Rights Act.
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