May I give the right hon. Gentleman some reassurance on two points? First, having served as the Minister responsible for human rights, I can say that it was never in the Conservative plans for a Bill of Rights to pull out of the European convention on human rights. I made that clear monthly at Justice questions. Secondly, precisely because the Council of Europe is completely independent from the EU, this is an entirely meaningless amendment.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Dominic Raab
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 February 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
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