RIGHT TO SILENCE AND EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

HL Deb 14 July 1993 vol 548 c20WA

Lord Spens

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the present law in the United Kingdom relating to the "right of silence" is in breach of Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Earl Ferrers

The Government are of the view that the present law in the United Kingdom relating to the "right to silence" is not in breach of Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.