Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reform the UK human rights framework.

The Bill of Rights received its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday 22 June 2022. This follows the consideration of over 12,800 responses to the Government’s consultation, which closed on 19 April 2022.

The Bill delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to ‘[…] update the Human Rights Act and administrative law to ensure there is a proper balance between the rights of individuals, our vital national security and effective government.’

Our reforms will curtail the abuses of human rights, restore some common sense to our justice system, and ensure that our human rights framework meets the needs of the society it serves.