Cherry chairs human rights committee

MP FOR Edinburgh South West, Joanna Cherry QC , has been appointed Chair of the Committee on Human Rights. Ms Cherry said: “Delighted to have support of cross-party colleagues in taking up this position while Harriet

Harman MP is chairing the Privileges Committee. We have some important work to do scrutinising the Bill of Rights and protecting Human Rights which are fundamental and universal.

The UK Government is seeking to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 following the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto commitment to update the law. The government also wishes to rebalance the relationship between the UK courts, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Parliament while remaining a party to the ECHR. A previous public consultation attracted 12,000 responses and now the Committee has issued a call for written submissions of up to 3,000 words by 26 August.