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HANSARDBill of RightsThere is no silver bullet that can solve that issue and the small boats issue. Even pulling out of the European convention will not provide a silver bullet. However, I can…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In a democracy, we command, rule and govern by consent. We are at risk of losing public confidence in our immigration controls if we cannot…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsToday the Government are delivering on our manifesto commitment to overhaul the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights, which I am introducing to Parliament today.…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI join the hon. Lady in what she said about the hon. Member for Croydon North (Steve Reed). I extend my sympathy and my condolences to him. I listened very carefully to what the…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe consultation document gives hon. Members the precise source; it was published back in December.22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI share my hon. Friend’s restlessness to proceed with all due speed, because we have been talking about this for a long time. I wrote about it in a book in 2009, and it was in our…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsWe strived to make sure we kept within the trammels of what had been in the consultation document, but I heed your advice as ever, Mr Speaker. With your permission, Mr Speaker, I…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend for the painstaking groundwork he did in the Ministry of Justice, and to Sir Peter Gross and his panel. All that work…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI thank my hon. Friend for his tenacity in all these matters. I always listen to him, and I will study his private Member’s Bill. He makes two points. First, there is really no…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. The irony, with regard to case law, is that there is nothing in the European convention that requires the doctrine of precedent, which…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI thank the hon. Lady, but clearly I disagree. First, no country has been more big-hearted when it comes to those fleeing persecution, from Hong Kong British nationals overseas to…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI thank the hon. Lady for what she has said. I certainly agree that public protection is our overriding concern. The proposals for parole reform that we have published for…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI agree entirely with my right hon. Friend. She is right that there never seems to be an opportunity to throw away the powers and authority that we have in this House that the…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsNo, I am afraid I do not agree with the hon. and learned Lady, not least because I do not see how she can sustain the argument that we are dislocating ourselves when not only are…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the long-standing work that he has done, on the constitutional dimension in particular. I can give him the direct assurance—I have a copy of…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsMay I gently say to the hon. Gentleman, of whom I am quite fond and with whom I have debated these issues many times, it cannot be both ripping up human rights and a damp squib?…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI understand my hon. Friend’s point. Of course, we need to have proper accountability when anything goes wrong. The professionalism of our armed forces is second to none, but…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe right hon. Gentleman is wrong, although he is right to reference the Belfast agreement. We remain a state party to the convention. Not only that, but the ECHR remains…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI thank my right hon. Friend for, as ever, the colourful and eloquent way that he presents the issue. When it comes to collective interest, social policy and finely balanced…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe hon. Lady is right about the first point, but wrong about the second. That is clear from the Bill of Rights.22 Jun 2022