The government ‘has failed to make the case for repealing and replacing the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights in the form proposed’, the chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), Joanna Cherry QC MP has warned
In a letter to the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab last week, Cherry said the JCHR has held two inquiries on plans to reform the HRA and concluded it is ‘functioning as intended as it enables human rights to be enforced effectively in the UK with little recourse needed to the European Court of Human Rights’.
She said the proposed Bill did not reflect the results of the government’s consultation, its own independent review or Parliament’s committees. She wrote: ‘Our view is that the Bill would lead to an unfortunate regression in rights protection.’
The Justice Committee began its inquiry into the proposed Bill this week.
