Bill of Rights Bill scrapped

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC has today announced in the House of Commons that the government will not be proceeding with the Bill of Rights Bill.

Our president Lubna Shuja said: “We are pleased the government has seen sense and decided not to pursue the Bill of Rights Bill, which would have been a step backwards for British justice.

“Scrapping the Bill is the right decision as it would have created an acceptable class of human rights abuses, weakened individual rights and seen the UK diverge from our international human rights obligations.“

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