Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Graham P Jones and Paul Blomfield

Thursday 15th October 2015 Commons Chamber

[Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab)]

1. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on proposals for reform of the Human Rights Act 1998.

[Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab)]

2. What steps he plans to take to ensure that proposals for reform of the Human Rights Act 1998 meet the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations.

[The Attorney General (Jeremy Wright)]

The Justice Secretary and I meet regularly to discuss important issues of common interest, including on domestic and international human rights law. I am not, as the House knows, able to talk about any legal content of those discussions, because, by convention, whether the Law Officers have given advice or not is not disclosed outside government.