Desmond Swayne
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(7 years ago)
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Sir Oliver Heald
As the hon. Lady will know, I cannot make any announcements today because of purdah, but what I can say is that, as I explained in giving evidence to two Select Committees, it is not our intention to have any gaps in our human rights protections.
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
Why is it reasonable to expect our justices to be any less creative than European ones?
Sir Oliver Heald
We do want a British jurisprudence, and that is what we will have following Brexit. Human rights were not invented with the Human Rights Act; this country has been a leading pioneer in human rights since its first gasps of breath as a nation, so there is no reason for us to think that we will not continue to express our values.