A Bill to make provision for an application to the Council of Europe to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and the introduction of a British Bill of Rights.
House of Commons
31 October 2023
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The Bill would authorise the government to start the process of withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights and would introduce a British Bill of Rights to set out domestic rights protections. In essence, it aims to replace or reform how human rights are protected in UK law.
The bill is at an early stage, having just had its first reading in the Commons. No subsequent readings or committee stages have been recorded in the provided data.
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20 Jun 2022
Order for Second Reading on Friday 16 September, read and discharged. The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
