Prisoners: Voting Rights
(asked on 6th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last discussed votes for prisoners with the Council of Europe.
This question was answered on 15th January 2016
I visited the Council of Europe and discussed votes for prisoners on 7 December 2015. We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for Parliament to determine. I explained at the September Committee of Ministers meeting that there was no realistic prospect of Parliament lifting the current ban for the foreseeable future.