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Committee gathers evidence for the debate on voting by convicted prisoners

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Summary

This short report, 'Voting by Convicted Prisoners: Summary of Evidence' (HC 776) sets out a summary of evidence taken by the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee looking into the issue of voting by convicted prisoners, in advance of the debate taking place on 10 February 2011.

Evidence was taken from legal experts, including the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay of Clashfern.

The main purpose is to gather expert evidence on how the United Kingdom law in this area relates to the European Convention on Human Rights as interpreted through the binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

Additional written evidence is contained in Volume II of this report, which can be found at www.parliament.uk/pcrc.

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Law-Making Explained

This is a House of Commons Paper (HC 776, 2010-11). It is a Report from the House of Commons, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee .

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How does it affect me?

This affects you if you are interested in suffrage and human rights. It also affects those individuals who are currently incarcerated and wish to vote.

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