Govt forced to act on requirement to disclose minor childhood offences
Responding to reports that Sajid Javid is considering changing the rules on criminal record disclosure, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Ed Davey said:
It’s odd to hear Sajid Javid now suggesting changing the rules that require people to disclose minor childhood convictions throughout their lives, given that he and other Tory Ministers recently fought against a court judgement saying exactly that all the way to the Supreme Court.
Javid’s change of heart is welcome, but he should be honest about it. This is not some great brainchild of the Home Secretary, it’s something he’s rightly been forced into by the European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act and the courts.
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