Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including David Davis’s speech at a Brexit conference, Boris Johnson taking questions in the Commons and the EU withdrawal bill debate 1.46pm GMT Grieve says there is a danger of a hiatus after March 2019. Some rights that currently exist may get lost, he says.He says he does not think ministers intend to diminish rights. But he says rights could be lost inadvertently. 1.41pm GMT Dominic Grieve, the Conservative former attorney general, is speaking now. He starts by saying he does not agree with Anna Soubry’s critique of Chris Leslie’s NC16. (See 1.12pm.) He says Leslie’s amemdment is making MPs focus on the importance of the charter of fundamental rights.He says over the last 40 years countries have developed the idea of human rights. He knows that to some of his colleagues this is anathema. It has had them chocking over their cornflakes. But he welcomes this trend, he says. And he says that those who have gained most are the most vulnerable. Continue reading…
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