Justice secretary says UK will remain party to European convention but seek to reform domestic interpretation
Dominic Raab has told MPs that Britain will remain a party to the European convention on human rights (ECHR) before outlining how it wants to change, reform and revise the domestic interpretation and application of the convention by the UK courts.
Launching a three-month consultation on a new bill of rights, the justice secretary faced a number of calls to row back on plans to strengthen the power of the state in the proposals against the rights of the individual.
