The ex-Tory MP and longstanding Eurosceptic is taking the Government to the European Court of Human Rights.
The European Court of Human Rights has formally asked Rishi Sunak’s Government to respond to the case.
The Commons Standards Committee said his actions were an “egregious” breach of the rules on paid advocacy by MPs and recommended that he should be suspended for 30 sitting days. In early November 2021, then-prime minister Boris Johnson tried to change the rules to prevent Mr Paterson’s six-week ban from Parliament, before being forced to U-turn just 24 hours later in the face of public anger.
Mr Paterson, an arch Brexiteer, in 2014 argued in a speech that the UK should not just quit the EU but replace the European Convention on Human Rights, on which the European Court of Human Rights adjudicates.In a 2015 article, the former environment secretary called for moves to “set the UK free from the ECHR”.The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “I’m aware of the legal action that relates to the ECHR.
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