Foreign Fighters and the Death Penalty

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:43 pm on 23 July 2018.

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Photo of Ben Wallace Ben Wallace Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) 3:43, 23 July 2018

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. In fact, I would not just have shot such people on the battlefield; I would have acted within the law and with the powers I was granted by Parliament and by the Government of the day, as he and I did under emergency deployment. We acted within the law, and just being a soldier on the battlefield did not exempt us from the law or human rights obligations.

I totally agree with human rights, and that is why Ministers have acted in line with our legal obligations and, indeed, taken advice in relation to the European convention on human rights. Ms Abbott mentioned rendition, but no one is rendering. The UK Government fundamentally oppose rendition and will continue to do so.