Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 29675
European Court of Human Rights
Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 21 February 2025
Question
Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative — Mid Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK leaving the European Court of Human Rights.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThis Government will not withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and not, therefore, from the European Court of Human Rights. The protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law both domestically and internationally is a key way to...
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