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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

The hon. Lady does my colleagues a great disservice. The rights that my colleagues described as otiose were, for example, the right to petition the European Parliament or the right to stand in EU Parliament elections. I think she is also being unfair to the Home Office, which has made it very clear that the letters to which she refers were sent out by mistake and did not accurately reflect the position.

Nothing that the hon. Lady has said takes away from the point that the charter of fundamental rights contains a third category of rights that may not have protection. I am encouraged that the Government are going to undertake the exercise that has been mentioned, which they need to do, before the Report stage of this Bill. It is important that the Committee takes very informed decisions about where the gaps are. For that reason, I very much support amendment 10.

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Reference

631 c963 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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