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
The bill starts the process for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights by making an application to the Council of Europe. It also introduces a British Bill of Rights to replace or reform the current system of rights protection in UK law. In effect, it aims to shift the framework for protecting rights away from the ECHR toward a domestically defined set of rights.
The Bill is at the 1st Reading in the House of Commons and has not yet progressed to committee or further stages.
Generated 21 February 2026
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.
