PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bill of Rights (2 December 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what rights protected in the Human Rights Act 1998 the Government plans not to include in the proposed British Bill of Rights.
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Answer
We have been clear that the Bill of Rights will remain faithful to the basic principles which we signed up to in the European Convention on Human Rights. Our focus will be on mitigating the expansion of rights by the Strasbourg Court and the Human Rights Act. This government is as committed as any to upholding such rights, which underpin any civilised society, but we also want to prevent abuse of the system.
Answered by:
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
8 December 2015
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