Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Maclennan of Rogart (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 9 February 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 164 members in total.

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CHARTER 88

That this House welcomes the efforts of Charter 88, the popular campaign for constitutional reform to raise awareness of the constitutional implications of aspects of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill, the Police and Magistrates' Courts Bill and the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill; believes that measures contained in these bills may jeopardize individual liberties in contravention of the European Convention on Human Rights, will undermine the central tenet of the criminal justice system, the presumption of innocence, by undermining the right to silence, will weaken the local accountability of the police and its independence of centralised political control, and will undermine the independence of the judiciary and the constitutional duty of Parliament to hold the Executive to account; and calls upon the Government to address these concerns and to ensure that the constitutional system of checks and balances is not so compromised.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CHARTER 88 (558A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by John Austin (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 21 March 1994. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

leave out from 'House' to the first 'the' in line 2 and insert 'is concerned about'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

558 

558A1 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Administration of justice Human rights Charter 88

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk