HC Deb 17 July 2001 vol 372 cc153-4W
27. Miss McIntosh

To ask the Advocate-General on how many occasions she has given advice on the implications of the European human rights convention on road traffic cases. [2606]

The Advocate-General for Scotland

As the hon. Lady will be aware, I appeared before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Margaret Anderson Brown case which concerned the human rights compatibility of a provision in the Road Traffic Acts. The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that the Judicial Committee upheld my arguments, and those made on behalf of the Scottish Executive, and decided that the current legislation was compatible with the Convention. When requested I give advice on a variety of matters including the implications of the European Convention on Human Rights.