Mission and Public Affairs Council of the Church of England–No to proposed UK Bill of Rights

The Mission and Public Affairs Council of the Church of England has published its Response to the Discussion Paper from the Commission on a UK Bill of Rights.

Offering a clear “no” in answer to the question, “Do we need a UK Bill of Rights?”, the response goes on to argue that a UK Bill of Rights would either re-state the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, in which case it would be superfluous, or would add to them, in which case the additional rights and obligations would not be binding in the same sense as the Convention and their status in UK law would be unclear.

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