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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights would put Britain in a “club” with two other countries: Russia and Belarus.

She told the Lords Constitution Committee: “The position of our Government is the direct opposite of that.”

The Lord Chancellor said ministers are “believers in what the convention is trying to achieve” and “if people who support this instrument and want it to work can’t have this debate in a sensible way, then I mean, honestly, there’s no hope really at all, for anybody.”

Ms Mahmood said the Government was “not wanting to play, as you might say, populist politics with it”.

But she told peers that the view of European colleagues is that the UK is “more at the maximalist end of the spectrum” when interpreting how to uphold its international obligations.

“I think it’s perfectly fine for us to question whether we have drawn the line in the right place,” she added.


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