Member

My noble friend Lady Lister asked why we do not use primary legislation. Regulation 5 is itself secondary EU-derived law. We are trying to provide a specific statutory route to revocation via the EU law Act, pending a review, and moving to a discretion, where there will be a published policy and safeguards. That will, I hope, give confidence to the House and be in line with our Article 3 ECHR obligations. I take issue with the noble Lord, in a friendly and co-operative way: we are not going to leave the ECHR, but we will look at how we apply Articles 3 and 8 on these matters.