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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)Absolutely. Our troops must be defended, and they must have the right protection in law. I point out, Mr Derogation—please forgive me, Mr Mundell; that was my first mistake in a…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)Would my right hon. Friend accept—22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)In the past, the European Court of Human Rights has been judged as the most effective international human rights court in the world.22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)I echo my right hon. Friend’s comments about the work of the Council for Europe; I know how important it is. If we want to talk about human rights more widely, look at what…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)Yes, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He gets to the nub of the issues that we are facing nationally. In the press, and even in some quarters of the House, it seems that…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Human rights are a political football that is being kicked around by everybody. If hon. Members want to see the importance of the Human…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 57, in clause 12, page 8, line 20, at end insert— “(1A) No order may be made by the Secretary of State under section 14 following consideration under this…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)No, I have not; I have three hours of this. I give way.22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)It is just a quick question.22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister give way?22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Ninth sitting)I draw my right hon. Friend’s attention to the Armed Forces Act 2006, particularly the part where the Labour Government pardoned those who had been shot at dawn during world war…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)Article 15 of the European convention on human rights allows derogation in times of war. The last time this country asked for a derogation was in the wake of 9/11 and the rise of…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)I think my right hon. Friend is referring to the case of Lawless v. Ireland, where the European Court of Human Rights said that for it to be a state of emergency the entire…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)When a Government ask for derogation under article 15, the key words are “exceptional circumstances.” If, and only if, it is granted it is then limited and the Government have to…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)It was in 2016. The figure I have is 4% to 5%. If my right hon. Friend wants to correct me, I would be happy to take an intervention.22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)I am not going to go on forever and I will withdraw the amendment.22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)Does the Minister want to intervene?22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)Does anyone else want to intervene now? I feel like a post box at the moment. With the amount of whys coming over my left shoulder, it was just like my four-year-old son asking me…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)When I was a young parliamentary researcher, a rather young hon. Member for North Durham raised this issue in a Westminster Hall debate in, I think, 2006—it might have been 2007.…22 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Tenth sitting)That is the point I was getting to. Based on the Ministry of Justice figures that I have—the Minister may want to correct me—2,500 former members of the armed forces are in…22 Oct 2020