Tory plan to scrap Human Rights Act shelved until after Brexit

Ministers have shelved scrapping the Human Rights Act in favour of a British Bill of Rights until after Brexit .
The move, a Tory promise as far back as the 2010 manifesto, has been put on hold by Justice Secretary Liz Truss as her department has too much on its plate.
The Ministry of Justice will be heavily involved in the Great Repeal Bill, which will seek to unpick most of the links to Europe written into UK law.



She told The House magazine while the Bill remains a commitment, “it is not something we can do at the same time we are putting through the Great Repeal Bill. That is going to affect the constitution…it’s important we only do one constitutional reform at a time.”
David Cameron first pledged to replace the Human Rights Act in the 2010 Tory manfiesto, but it stalled during the coalition years.

But the bill failed to progress even after the Tories took power for themselves, with then-Justice Secretary Michael Gove announcing a further delay in December 2015.



In May last year, then-Leader of the Commons Chris Grayling gave some hope to Tory backbenchers eager to see Labour’s Human Rights Law scrapped, when he told the BBC he expected the legislation to come forward “soon.”
But before Christmas, Attorney General Jeremy Wright hinted it was being delayed again.