"Decades of precedent and case law, that the UK still plays a key role in developing, would be abandoned, leading to legal uncertainty and litigation." The legislation had been sharply criticised earlier this year by parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights, who wrote in a report that it would "create large scale uncertainty and seriously damage people’s ability to enforce their rights".Īt the time, committee chair Joanna Cherry said: "The end result, if the Bill is enacted in its current form, will be more barriers to enforcing human rights, more cases taken to Strasbourg and more adverse judgments against the UK. He added: "But let me say that the government remains committed to a human rights framework which is up-to-date and fit for purpose and works for the British people." Speaking in the House of Commons during justice questions, Mr Chalk said: "I can say also that having carefully considered the government's legislative programme in the round, I can inform the House we have decided not to proceed with the Bill of Rights." Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has announced that the government has decided not to go ahead with a planned replacement for the Human Rights Act.
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