Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made, or plan to make, to the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at its September meeting in the case of Hirst No 2.

Following Ministerial attendance at the recent Committee of Ministers meeting, member states agreed to postpone consideration of the UK's position on prisoner voting until December 2015. The UK's ban on prisoner voting stays in place and, as consistently stated, remains a matter for Parliament to determine.