Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Kelvin Hopkins Excerpts
Tuesday 26th March 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dominic Grieve Portrait The Attorney-General
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I am quite sure that all my right hon. and hon. Friends always strive for accuracy in this department. It has to be said that I sometimes open my newspaper and am quite surprised to read some of the material published on the subject, so if anyone relies on such newspaper articles, it may be that they are likely to be misled.

Kelvin Hopkins Portrait Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab)
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Will the Attorney-General confirm very simply that the European convention on human rights was founded by the Council of Europe and is nothing to do with the European Union, and that it is legitimate to be against the European Union while being supportive of the European convention on human rights?

Dominic Grieve Portrait The Attorney-General
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The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right.