Urgent Question on UK's European Convention on Human Rights membership
26 April 2016 (updated on 26 April 2016)
Attorney General, Jeremy Wright, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Home Affairs, Alistair Carmichael, on the UK's membership to the European Convention on Human Rights on Tuesday 26 April 2016.
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