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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.18.4-434-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-435-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I have already affirmed the full commitment of the UK Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government to EU accession to the Convention. I certainly speak for all Liberal Democrat ministers, parliamentarians and members. I think I have sufficiently refuted the suggestion by British Labour MEP Richard Howitt, whom I see in his place, in a debate two days ago that LibDems were somehow apologists for Tory hostility to the Strasbourg Convention and Court. But before I leave the intra-British debate, for which I apologise to other colleagues, I must remind Labour MEPs that their former Justice Secretary Jack Straw utterly failed to stand up for human rights, and once called the Human Rights Act a ‘villain’s charter’ in remarkably similar terms to Ms Sinclaire, whom Mr Cashman rightly criticised. I also want to express complete British LibDem support for strengthening the European Court of Human Rights. The Brighton Conference currently taking place – and I share Renate Weber’s dismay at the lack of transparency – must enhance the ability of the Court to issue robust and authoritative judgments. But the Court does need streamlining and relieving of its huge backlog. National courts must do the heavy lifting of implementation of the Convention, and that is why the Convention needs to be incorporated and remain incorporated in domestic law, as in the UK Human Rights Act. The Strasbourg Court must not be a routine court of appeal, but an effective and respected watchdog for 47 states and the EU. I hope and trust that will be the result of the Brighton Conference tomorrow."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CRIM (2012-03-28--2013-10-23)3 unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2012-07-03)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1 "Sarah Ludford (ALDE ). -"1
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