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  Human Rights Act 1998 Repeal Bill
  
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  @ MP voted aye to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998
  @ MP voted no against repealing the Human Rights Act 1998
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to repeal the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents the Human Rights Act 1998].
  
  The Human Rights Act gives effect in UK law to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights European Convention on Human Rights]. Section 6 of the Human Rights Act makes it unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right, unless primary legislation. 
  
  The Human Rights Act requires UK courts to take into account judgments, decisions, declarations and advisory opinions of the European Court of Human Rights as well as opinions of the European Commission and Committee of Ministers in connection with convention rights.
  
  The impact, if any, of repealing the Human Rights Act, while remaining a party to the European Convention on Human Rights is unclear. James Hope, the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has stated:
  
  : itâs very difficult to see how simply wiping out the Human Rights Act is really going to change anything until we withdraw from the convention â which, personally, I donât think is conceivable.â
  
  
  The rights covered by the Human Rights Act relate to Articles 2 to 12 and 14 of the Convention which cover:
  
  Right to life 
  Prohibition of torture 
  Prohibition of slavery and forced labour 
  Right to liberty and security 
  Right to a fair trial 
  No punishment without law 
  Right to respect for private and family life 
  Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 
  Freedom of expression 
  Freedom of assembly and association 
  Right to marry 
  Right to an effective remedy 
  Prohibition of discrimination 
  
  and Articles 1 to 3 of the First Protocol which cover:
  
  Protection of property
  Right to education
  Right to free elections 
  
  
  and Article 1 of the Thirteenth Protocol which relates to the abolition of the death penalty. 
  
  
   
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents the Human Rights Act 1998]; and for connected purposes.
  
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  * [1] [http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/56501.article 
  Are Supreme Court justices more assertive than they were as law lords?, Joshua Rozenberg, The Law Society Gazette, 5 August 2010]
  
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