Hold a UK Public Referendum on the Reforms of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

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legislation to hold a Referendum and let the the people of the UK decide, whether to retain the HRA, or allow it to repealed by a BoR.

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.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked 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.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

3 Feb 2022	Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Feb 2022

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