Steve Reed comments on the government’s decision to scrap the Bill of Rights

Steve Reed MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the government’s decision to scrap the Bill of Rights, said: 

“This is the third time the government has u-turned on their Rights Reduction Act. 

“The plans were a dangerous threat to peace in Northern Ireland, prevented us from deporting foreign terrorists and dented the rights of rape survivors. 

“What’s astonishing is that a string of Tory prime ministers indulged this half-baked nonsense for so long. If you needed any more evidence that this clownish Conservative government is a directionless political circus, this is it.”