Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 84019

European Convention on Human Rights: Belfast Agreement

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of leaving the ECHR on the Good Friday Agreement.

Answer

Hilary Benn

The ECHR underpins key international agreements on trade, security and migration, as well as the Good Friday Agreement. The UK Government has no plans to leave the ECHR, and will not therefore speculate on what such a policy would entail.

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