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Straw’s written constitution hint

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has sent out a strong signal that the government is ready to draw up Britain’s first ever written constitution.

He said the move would encapsulate in one document a citizen’s rights, their responsibilities and an outline of how the different arms of government work.

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Mr Straw is already working on a new Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, which could be used as the basis of a written constitution.

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The Human Rights Act “was a landmark in the development of rights in the UK”, but the question now was “whether this goes far enough”, he said.

“We need now to think very carefully about whether a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities should be a step towards a fully written constitution, which would bring us in line with most progressive democracies around the world.