Question follow-through · 9031
European Convention on Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government is unequivocally committed to the European Convention of Human Rights and will not withdraw from it. The UK government maintains profound respect for international law and remains fully committed to the international human rights framework...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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