Council of Europe

Given that the Council of Europe represents 47 countries and that its mission is to empower and p...

The Council of Europe is not responsible for China. It is responsible for what happens in Europe,...

I am proud to be part of the UK delegation to the Council of Europe and to sit on committees and ...

I completely agree with that intervention. I will come on to say something about that at the end ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the problems with the Council of Europe is that its wor...

I agree fully with right hon. Gentleman. I try my hardest to push that as leader of the delegatio...

Don’t forget Lord Foulkes.

I will come to the other people. Finally, on behalf of the delegation, I would like to pay thanks...

Before I call the next speaker, may I suggest an informal time limit of four minutes? The wind-up...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell) on obtaining the debate, and welcome on t...

I am interested in the hon. Gentleman’s remarks on the Court, and he makes a good point about nee...

I will certainly concede that the Court needs reform. Frankly, the most outrageous thing about it...

The Council of Europe was founded in 1949 by the treaty of London. It was founded to combat fasci...

I am pleased that we are having this debate, and to be an alternate member of the Council of Euro...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell) on securing this debate, and on...

I very much welcome this debate. I have been a member of the Council of Europe for many years, wi...

I thank our wonderful representative, my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell), who has...

I thank the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell), who is a good and dear friend. It is a real ple...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell) on securing the debate, and com...

Order. I remind Members that we move to wind ups at 10.28 am.

10.22 am

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Maria. I start by thanking my hon. Friend th...

It is a pleasure to wind up for the SNP. It has been interesting to hear the various worldviews e...

We are in the presence of a PPS from the Home Office and a Minister from the Foreign Office. Does...

I genuinely thank the right hon. Member for his intervention, and I could not agree with him more...

Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that, on the one hand, there are those who criticise the...

I am similarly grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I am really concerned about ...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that we are arranging a tour around the European Court of Human Right...

That is a very interesting and helpful point. I hope that the hon. Gentleman is inviting the Home...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dame Maria. I thank the hon. Member for Hen...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is also important in this context to have as much contact as po...

I think that the right hon. Gentleman points out the importance of maintaining contacts with all ...

Would my hon. Friend accept that it is important to accept the credibility and importance of the ...

I agree with the principles of what my hon. Friend is saying, and that applies to judgments of ot...

Will the hon. Member join us in supporting Kosovo’s membership of the Council of Europe, which wi...

I certainly would. I plan to visit Kosovo in the near future, and I am sure that that will be an ...

It is an absolute pleasure to be serving under your chairmanship this morning, Dame Maria. My rig...

Will the Minister give way?

Briefly.

Before she leaves the matter of the Istanbul convention, will she respond to the question from my...

I am happy to follow up with more specifics, but the Home Secretary made a written ministerial st...

It has already been stated that I try to run the delegation as a cross-party group, but it is imp...

I associate the Opposition parties with the hon. Member’s ambitions. He is assiduous in looking f...

I would ask that question on a different occasion and in a different way, and I would hope to get...