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HUMAN RIGHTS ACT WILL BE SAFE WITH A LABOUR GOVERNMENT



James Toon, who helped develop the act in the 1990s, responds to an article by
Shami Chakrabarti on the pressing need for equal treatment

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I read with interest Shami Chakrabarti’s article (The big idea: why we need
human rights now more than ever, 6 May). The context for her article is the
Conservative right’s repeated calls to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998. This
was one of the landmark statutes of the first Blair administration, and its
legal and constitutional significance is immense.

Although now retired, I was a member of the Home Office bill team that developed
the policy broadly set out in the 1996 Labour document Bringing Rights Home,
supported ministers during its passage through parliament, and started work on
its implementation. I had several discussions with Jack Straw, the then home
secretary.

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I know from these discussions just how deeply committed Straw (and Derry Irvine
as lord chancellor) were to the cause of human rights in the UK. That commitment
remained, even when the Blair government’s enthusiasm for civil libertarian
projects waned in the next year or two. Their experience with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 may have been the final nail in the coffin.

I have traced the development and nuances of the Conservative position on the
Human Rights Act since 2010. I agree that, politically, the act will be in
danger from a future Conservative administration if the party’s soul is captured
by the right.

But I am as sure as I can be that the act will be safe in the hands of a future
Labour government – even one as sensitive to pressure from the right as the
current party leadership seems to be.
James Toon
Godalming, Surrey

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