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		</div><p>The British government has no role to play in the case of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard, the UK&#8217;s Justice Secretary has said. Lord Chancellor David Lidington expressed sympathy with the judges involved in the &#8220;heart-wrenching&#8221; case, which has seen the 11-month-old&#8217;s parents in a protracted legal battle with hospital doctors.</p>
<p>His comments come after two United States congressmen said they would table legislation to give Charlie and his family US resident status in a bid to allow them to travel there for experimental treatment.<br />
Connie Yates, Charlie&#8217;s mother, has urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to support their case. The boy&#8217;s family are expected to join a demonstration outside Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) later after they vowed the &#8220;fight is not over&#8221;.</p>
<p>Asked if it was right that judges could overrule the wishes of Charlie&#8217;s parents, Mr Lidington told Sky News&#8217; Ridge On Sunday: &#8220;It is right that judges interpret the law, independently and dispassionately. &#8220;As ministers and as a Government we have no role to play in the Charlie Gard case, as would be the case in any other proceeding in court.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Lidington added: &#8220;I do not envy the judges who are having to take decisions on this. &#8220;It must be incredibly pressured &#8211; probably emotional, under the judicial professionalism, a really emotional, heart-wrenching case for them to have to decide. &#8220;But they are independent, they know their duty is to decide the case on the basis of what they genuinely consider to be in the best interests of Charlie himself.&#8221;</p>
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