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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 December 2024

Debate

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]

Contribution

All three of these protections are well established. For example, the protection from self-incrimination is covered by, among others, Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. Parliamentary privilege has been protected in common law ranging back for centuries to Lake v King in 1667; it is enshrined in the Bill of Rights of 1689.

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