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Lib Dems announce civil liberties plans
March 18, 2009 10:50 AM
Originally published by Cardiff North Liberal Democrats
Originally published by Cardiff North Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats are calling for Labour's draconian legislation to be repealed.
The Liberal Democrats have launched a Freedom Bill to outline how the party plans to roll back the authoritarian legislation passed by the Labour government, and restore fundamental civil liberties.
Legislation being challenged by the party includes:
- the National Identity Register
- the Organised Crime & Police Act 2005
- the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2003
- the Criminalising Justice Act 2003
Lib Dem Leader, Nick Clegg, said: "The Labour government is addicted to legislating; this has led to the curtailment of freedoms, confusion in business and crisis in our public services. In just over a decade in power, Labour has clocked up over 50 Home Office Bills and created more than three thousand new criminal offences. They have added over a hundred thousand new pages of legislation to the statue book; the equivalent of more than two hundred copies of 'War and Peace'. The Liberal Democrats believe that it is time that this legislative tide was reversed, and that is why the Liberal Democrats are proposing a Freedom Bill."
Cardiff activist, John Dixon, is backing the Lib Dems over their plans to protect civil liberties.
Included in the plans is a proposal to scrap Labour's ID card scheme - whereby every British citizen will be required to pay £55 for an ID card - and the protect the right of trial by jury, which Labour's Criminal Justice Act 2003 removed in cases which were "complicated, long or burdensome".
Cardiff North's Lib Dem Westminster spokesman, John Dixon, said: "A true liberal party needs to take repealing legislation as seriously as we take passing it. For government to be accountable legislation needs to be clear and transparent. That is what the Freedom Bill will deliver."
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