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Proceeding contribution from Rehman Chishti (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 10 February 2011. It occurred during Backbench debate on Voting by Prisoners.


Voting by Prisoners

On that very point of international obligations, Lord Hoffmann has said that"““with support of other European states””" that have also been at odds with the Court,"““we can repatriate our laws on human rights.””" What steps are we taking to work with other European states that have also been badly treated to withdraw from the scope of the Human Rights Act 1998?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
523 c517 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Compensation Human rights Judgements European Court of Human Rights Prisoners Voting rights
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk