Complex sentence: The government initially suggested it would not pay, and there was discussion in parliament of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR, however it paid the costs on 24 December 1995, within days of the three-month deadline which had been set by the court.
Split into simpler sentences: The government initially suggested it would not pay, and there was discussion in parliament of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR. However, it paid the costs on 24 December 1995, within days of the three-month deadline which had been set by the court.