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Proceeding contribution from Viscount Bridgeman (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 24 November 2008. It occurred during Debate on select committee report on Human Rights Judgments: Joint Committee on Human Rights Report.


Human Rights Judgments: Joint Committee on Human Rights Report

I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Lester, for obtaining this debate. In doing so, he has enabled your Lordships' House rightly to participate in holding the Government to account, which is one of the principal aims of Parliament. I am sure that the Minister will welcome the opportunity to respond fully to the points made today. The view from these Benches is that the Human Rights Act, which gives such prominence in our legal and parliamentary system to the European—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
705 c133-4GC 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Artificial insemination Databases Annual reports Elections Intelligence services Human rights European Convention on Human Rights Homicide Migrants Judgements European Court of Human Rights Marriage Northern Ireland Prisoners Voting rights Ministry of Justice Council of Europe Committee of Ministers
Legislation
Human Rights Act 1998
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk