European Convention on Human Rights: Belfast Agreement

Part of Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at on 7 January 2026.

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Photo of Hilary Benn Hilary Benn The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

I agree that it could have very wide-ranging implications for Northern Ireland in particular, as well as for the rest of the country. I have not made such an assessment, because that is not a policy that the Government advocate. It is for those proposing to leave the ECHR to answer the very fair question that my hon. Friend has just raised.