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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

The Minister is good to put that on the record, but the fact is that there are plans—plans were set out in the Conservative manifesto in 2010 and in 2015, and the draft British Bill of Rights that is circulating in the Ministry of Justice contains similar plans. That is why in August 2016 the Justice Secretary told the House that a British Bill of Rights would be introduced, and the House wants categorically to know whether that British Bill of Rights will have the implication and result of taking us out of the European Court of Human Rights. That is the point that I want the Minister to put beyond doubt by accepting new clause 193.