Nick Clegg and Ken Clarke have instructed government advisers to 'ignore' the will of Parliament to reform human rights law, it was claimed yesterday. The explosive allegation was made by Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky as he resigned in protest from the UK Commission on a Bill of Rights. David Cameron established the commission in the hope of finding a way to stop human rights rulings damaging Britain's national interests after the Commons voted overwhelmingly against a ruling by the unelected European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that prisoners should be allowed to vote. Nick Clegg and Ken Clarke have instructed government advisers to 'ignore' the will of Parliament to reform human rights law, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky claimed
@highlight
MPs want to look at introducing a 'democratic override' which would allow Parliament to reject harmful verdicts from Strasbourg
It was in February last year after a Commons vote on the matter that @placeholder set up an eight-strong commission which was asked to examine the implementation of a British Bill of Rights, which would reconcile human rights legislation with British law.