§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Human Rights Bill is still designed, as explained by the Prime Minister in his preface to the White Paper Rights Brought Home (Cm. 3782), to bring the European Convention on Human Rights into United Kingdom law. [HL426]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)I refer the noble Lord to the remarks of the Lord Chancellor on this point during the Third Reading debate on the Human Rights Bill in the House of Lords on Thursday 5 February. [H.L. Deb., col. 480].