User:SusanG/Human rights

Ex BBC

Con	Lab	Lib
Would scrap ID cards and identity database Replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights Opposed the extension of pre-charge detention limit to 42 days, preferring 28-day maximum Would replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights Launch a full review of the Control Orders system designed to protect the public against terrorism Strip local authorities of surveillance powers Review the Preventing Violent Extremism Strategy, which has been accused of encouraging spying on innocent Muslims Support DNA database, but would ensure DNA from innocent people is removed.	Attempted to extend pre-charge detention limit to 42 days, but now committed to 28-day limit Will require all foreign nationals to hold an ID card by 2011 Scrapped plans for compulsory ID cards for everyone, but would continue to register passport holders on a National *Identity Database and to allow voluntary take-up of ID cards Ensure that serious offenders are added to the DNA database "no matter where or when they were convicted" Retain for six years the DNA profiles of those arrested but not convicted Make sure that UK police and security services "will not co-operate" with those who use torture.	Would reduce the pre-charge detention limit to 14 days and scrap control orders Allow intercept evidence in trials Would introduce a written constitution, pending approval in a referendum, that defines and limits the power of government, including a Bill of Rights to protect individual rights Oppose control orders Scrap ID cards and identity database End permanent storage of the DNA of innocent people without their consent Establish an inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in torture Allow parents to stop their children being fingerprinted at school More regulation of CCTV Extend the Freedom of Information Act to all public bodies Legislate to protect non-violent protest Reform libel laws to protect free speech.