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Voting by Prisoners

I am listening carefully to what the right hon. Gentleman is saying about the margin of appreciation. I think that we are in danger of overselling that as a solution, because the problems with our current relationship with the convention are about the drafting of the convention and how the Court interprets its words. Geoffrey Robertson, QC, who is no slouch on human rights and is currently representing Julian Assange, explained in the article, ““Why We Need a British Bill of Rights””:"““The European Convention also failed to include the rights Parliament won by the 'Glorious Revolution' in 1689””." He went on to state:"““There is mounting evidence that the weasel words of the European Convention are damaging other basic British rights.””" He also stated:"““The Convention is in some respects out of date.””" Does the right hon. Gentleman agree with those words? How are we going to address those problems?