Ms Saoirse Brady:

I would add to that in terms of devolution and the ECHR. There is a role here for the national human rights institutions. For example, the Scottish Human Rights Commission has raised the issue of repealing the Human Rights Act and what that means in terms of the Scotland Act. I assume there is a similar provision setting up the commission in the North. The members of this committee, looking at the Good Friday Agreement, should be talking to the national human rights institutions such as the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human rights Commission. It could be a good step for the committee members to meet with both those bodies to see what they can do in strengthening their hand to keep the ECHR.