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Raab's Bill of Rights ‘harmful and unwelcome’, says Scottish government
Christina McKelvie MSP

DOMINIC RAAB’S shake-up of human rights laws is “harmful and unwelcome,” the Scottish government said at the weekend. 

In a searing attack on the Justice Secretary’s plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a new Bill of rights, Holyrood warned that the proposals would also interfere with Scotland’s constitution. 

The new legislation, which is due to receive its first reading in Parliament on September 12, seeks to reduce the influence of the European Courts of Human Rights in domestic courts. 

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