Truss says Bill of Rights is firmly on the agenda
updated on 19 September 2016
The justice secretary, Liz Truss, has confirmed that it is the government’s intention to go ahead with plans to implement a British Bill of Rights, although no timescale has been revealed.
As reported in the Guardian, Truss said that the legislation remains something that the government is committed to and which will ultimately replace the Human Rights Act, introduced under the last Labour government. She said on Radio 4: “I’m looking very closely at the details, but we have a manifesto commitment to deliver that.”
There is support from the top: Prime Minister Theresa May, in her former role as home secretary, said: “A true British Bill of Rights, decided by parliament and amended by parliament, would protect not only the rights set out in the convention, but could include traditional British rights not protected by the ECHR such as the right to trial by jury.”
