Prisoners: Voting Rights

(asked on 14th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take in response to the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in <i>Hirst v The United Kingdom (No. 2) </i>Application 74025/01, and the interim resolution of 9 December of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe expressing "profound concern that the blanket ban on the right of convicted prisoners in custody to vote remains in place."


Answered by
Lord Faulks Portrait
Lord Faulks
This question was answered on 22nd December 2015

We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for parliament to determine.

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