Question follow-through · 84019

European Convention on Human Rights: Belfast Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of leaving the ECHR on the Good Friday Agreement.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
28 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of leaving the ECHR on the Good Friday Agreement.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The ECHR underpins key international agreements on trade, security and migration, as well as the Good Friday Agreement. The UK Government has no plans to leave the ECHR, and will not therefore speculate on what such a policy would entail.

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