Rachel Maclean

The Minister of State, Home Department

Former Conservative MP for Redditch

@redditchrachel https://facebook.com/RedditchRachel

Equality and Human Rights

There have been votes in Parliament on the subject of where prejudice or discrimination should be made illegal and where exceptions should be made to permit otherwise illegal discrimination. MPs have also voted on the degree to which "human rights" are protected.

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Rachel Maclean voted a mixture of for and against laws to promote equality and human rights

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 20 Apr 2022: Rachel Maclean voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom as a result of the operation of new asylum laws. Show vote
  • On 20 Apr 2022: Rachel Maclean voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom, or have their family unity impacted, as a result treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have. Show vote
  • On 22 Mar 2022: Rachel Maclean voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom as a result of the operation of new asylum laws. Show vote
  • On 7 Jun 2021: Rachel Maclean voted not to explicitly prohibit Advanced Research and Invention Agency resources from being used in any way that would contravene human rights. Show vote
  • On 19 May 2021: Rachel Maclean voted against bringing Government policy in-line with human rights where the courts have found policy incompatible with human rights. Show vote

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