This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Hold a UK Public Referendum on the Reforms of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998.
The Lord Chancellor has published a consultation to reform the HRA 1998 and replace it, with a Bill of Rights (BoR).
Parliament must intervene and draft legislation to hold a Referendum and let the the people of the UK decide, whether to retain the HRA, or allow it to repealed by a BoR.
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The will and consent of the people is hath required to permit the Lord Chancellor to repeal our HRA with a BoR.
Therefore, these consultation reforms must be halted, and a referendum held for all the people to decide on the future of our HRA.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure whether you want a referendum on retaining or repealing the Human Rights Act, or retaining the HRA or replacing it with the proposed Bill of Rights.
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