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Owen Paterson: ‘I had no choice’

Owen Paterson: ‘I had no choice’

Former MP explains why he is taking UK to human rights court

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Nov 28, 2022
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The former Conservative MP and minister Owen Paterson has explained why he has lodged a complaint against the government at the European Court of Human Rights over a parliamentary finding that he had broken lobbying rules.

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I was the first to notice the case on Twitter last week.

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