John Spellar – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Spellar on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last discussed votes for prisoners with the Council of Europe.

Dominic Raab

I visited the Council of Europe and discussed votes for prisoners on 7 December 2015. We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for Parliament to determine. I explained at the September Committee of Ministers meeting that there was no realistic prospect of Parliament lifting the current ban for the foreseeable future.