Human Rights

HC Deb 12 April 2000 vol 348 cc195-6W

28. Mr. Trimble

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the current application in Northern Ireland of the European convention on human rights. [117443]

Mr. George Howarth

The European Convention on Human Rights applies in Northern Ireland in the same way as the rest of the United Kingdom and Europe.