§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce Protocol Four of the European Convention on Human Rights. [57792]
§ Kate HoeyRatification of Protocol 4 will be possible only if potential conflicts with our domestic laws can be resolved. There is a particular concern in relation to Article 3(2) of the Protocol which protects the right of nationals not to be excluded from their home state. This could be taken as conferring the right of abode in the United Kingdom on various categories of British nationals who do not have it.