Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgment in Blackburn (t/a Cornish Moorland Honey) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] UKFTT 525 and the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119634 on Religious Freedom: Telecommunications, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on the protection offered to persons with a religious conviction against the use of electronic communication; and if he will make a statement.

As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.