75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights in the spotlight

Debate

Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), chair of Parliament's joint committee on Human Rights, put forward the debate. 

This was a general debate. During debates, members put their experience to good use to discuss current issues and draw the government's attention to concerns.     

Members speaking 

Contributing members included:

• Lord Balfe (Conservative), former member of UK Delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Baroness Brinton (Liberal Democrat), Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Victims and Abuse)
• Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour), non-practicing barrister and human rights activist
• Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench), part-time legal consultant at Kingsley Napley
• Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative), barrister at 39 Essex Chambers.

Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour), Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean) in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, responded on behalf of the government.

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• Find out more about the issues the debate covers in the House of Lords Library briefing.
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