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Michael Gove’s plan to replace the Human Rights Act with a new British Bill of Rights risks pandering to childish “fantasy”, the head of the Government’s equalities watchdog has suggested.
Baroness Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, the philosopher and chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said any new charter which eventually replaces the Human Rights Act is likely to contain virtually the same principles as the controversial legislation it supersedes.
The idea that the Government could come up with a completely new set of rights to those contained in the Act is, she said, like a child fantasising that there could be new set of colours to paint pictures with.
Her remarks came as she delivered a lecture on freedom of religion and freedom of expression, hosted by the Christian think-tank Theos.
John Bingham | Read the full article at telegraph.co.uk
The Theos Annual Lecture took place on 19 November 2015 at the Honourable Society of Inner Temple and was given by Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, titled 'Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion', and was chaired by BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent Caroline Wyatt.
Read a transcript of the lecture here
