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Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:00 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Liam Byrne Liam Byrne Labour, Birmingham, Hodge Hill 5:00, 8 February 2017

I will give way in a moment, as I want to put a specific question to the Minister.

The Conservative manifesto is not well read on the Government Benches; we study it forensically and in detail. In 2010, the manifesto said that the Conservatives would introduce a British Bill of Rights, replace the Human Rights Act and ensure that the European Court of Human Rights was no longer binding over the UK Supreme Court, ensuring that the European Court of Human Rights could no longer change British laws. That position was repeated in the 2015 manifesto. I hope that the Minister can say that that plan is now in the bin.