The ‘abolition of Parliament’s’ bill

I urge the people of this country to condemn the government’s legislative and regulatory Bill. The bill will effectively allow ministers to amend repeal or replace any legislation without consulting parliament. It even allows ministers to create new offences with penalties of up to 2 years in prison, without having to submit to a parliament vote. In the words of the Bill ‘A minister of the crown may by order make provision for… amending, repealing or replace legislation... In any way that an act might.’

Very few people know about this Bill and yet its impact on our constitutional liberties will be immense. It has been referred to by Cambridge Law Professor John Spensor, as the ‘abolition of parliament’ Bill, as it will give the government the ability to completely bypass democratic scrutiny on most issues.

According to Professor John Spensor, the bill could be used to introduce house arrest, give the police greater powers of arrest and interrogation, set up new courts and in effect re-write the rules on immigration, nationality, divorce, inheritance and the appointment of judges – all without democratic scrutiny.

The lack of outcry is outstanding. Media coverage has been nil. The erosion of our civil liberties is near completion.

A Farmer