Do not water down our human rights
Posted on September 24 2015 at 08:20
Mark Griffin comments on the UK Government's plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a UK Bill of Rights.
"The
Human Rights Act has served people across Scotland well - enshrining our rights
in law and giving people added protections. Alongside devolution and lifting
hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in Scotland, the Human Rights
Act stands as one the great achievements of the last UK Labour Government.
"I welcome the broad range of support for the Human Rights Act, which extends beyond party politics, and it is so important that we fight the current UK Government's plans to replace it with a Bill of Rights.
"We all have universal rights and freedoms and I will continue to oppose any ideological attempts to water down our human rights."
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