Lord Lester of Herne Hill – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2015-12-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take in response to the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v The United Kingdom (No. 2) Application 74025/01, and the interim resolution of 9 December of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe expressing profound concern that the blanket ban on the right of convicted prisoners in custody to vote remains in place.””

Lord Faulks

We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for parliament to determine.