MPs reject motion to leave European Convention on Human Rights

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 17:02 · Archive

MPs have voted down a Conservative motion calling for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

MPs have rejected a Conservative motion calling for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to enable the deportation of illegal migrants. The motion was voted down 309 to 113 on Wednesday. It also condemned Government plans to house 1,256 males at a disused Ministry of Defence site near Piddington, Oxfordshire.

Calum Miller, Liberal Democrat MP for Bicester and Woodstock, spoke against the proposals in the House of Commons. He said the proposal was 'wrong for local communities and my constituency' and 'wrong for asylum seekers and is wrong for the taxpayer'. He argued that housing over 1,200 men in a new site adjacent to small villages would be 'a cause for fear and concern'.

Miller accused the Conservatives and Reform UK of framing the debate around race, saying it was 'not a race issue, it's a man issue' and that women and girls were at risk from men's behaviour. He stated that nine in ten assaults are committed by men they know.

How it is being reported

• MPs reject calls to leave the European Convention on Human RightsMPs have rejected a Conservative motion calling to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to enable the deportation of illegal migrants.Oxford Mail · 14 Oct, 16:30
• MPs reject calls to leave the European Convention on Human RightsMPs have rejected a Conservative motion calling to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to enable the deportation of illegal migrants.Oxfordshire Guardian · 14 Oct, 16:30

In this story: Calum Miller · Conservative Party · Liberal Democrats · Reform UK · Piddington · Oxfordshire · Ministry of Defence

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