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Proceeding contribution from David Lidington (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 January 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.

European Union Bill

Amendments 24 and 25 would require that before the EU can accede to the European convention on human rights, Parliament would need to approve the EU's accession by Act of Parliament. At present, the EU and its institutions cannot be held to account for the fulfilment of its existing international legal obligations by the ECHR in the same way as the EU member states all can. Accession by the EU to the convention would close this gap. EU accession to the ECHR is, as I think my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) acknowledged, already expressly provided for in the EU treaties, as amended by the treaty of Lisbon. Article 6(2) of the treaty on the EU provides that"““the Union shall accede to the ECHR””."

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
522 c335 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Crime Administration of justice Asylum Human rights European Convention on Human Rights EU law Legislation European communities EU internal relations Prosecutions Referendums Parliamentary scrutiny Sovereignty Treaties Reform Treaty on European Union UK membership of EU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Treaty of Lisbon Eurojust
Legislation
European Union Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk