Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the rights of more vulnerable citizens are protected when replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 with the proposed Bill of Rights.

We have discussed our proposals with groups representing vulnerable members of society throughout the consultation process and further such engagement is planned. Under a Bill of Rights, the rights currently set out in the Human Rights Act will be protected for all UK citizens, with redress available in UK courts. When our proposals are fully developed, and once all responses to the consultation have been considered, we will conduct and publish an equality impact assessment.