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No ‘immediate risk to leaving ECHR’, Dominic Raab says as row over Immigration Bill rumbles on

Dominic Raab has admitted there is no immediate threat to leaving the European Convention for Human Rights (ECHR) despite backbench pressure to pull out of the international agreement.

Speaking to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday, the Justice Secretary said the Government wants to remain a member of the ECHR amid fears the new Immigration Bill violates the international convention.

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