Ms Tanya Ward:

I want to respond to the question on the difference between the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. The judicial oversight body for EU law is the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Cases that could be taken to that court relate to the implementation of EU law. The European Court of Human Rights was founded following the agreement of the European Convention on Human Rights. That court relates to the Council of Europe and the aforementioned convention. The Council of Europe is a pan-European organisation that includes all countries in Europe including EU member states. All European countries are members of the Council of Europe, including Russia, for example. In the context of Brexit, I can guarantee that the UK will not seek a deal whereby the European Court of Justice would have an oversight role so the European Court of Human Rights will become far more important. It will be the only supranational judicial body to which people will have recourse in the event of their human rights being abused in some way by the State. It will be more important in the context of Brexit.