Human rights poser

At the recent Labour Party conference, the prime minister sensibly said that it was time to tighten bail to deal with the absurdity of people released in the morning committing offences in the afternoon.

I venture to suggest that most people in this country would welcome Mr Blair's remarks.

Baroness Kennedy QC takes a different view and you quote her saying as follows: 'When I heard the remarks, I thought, aha, here's someone who hasn't been fully informed of what the Human Rights Act will mean.

It will put certain constraints on what governments can do.

Government will have to measure their bright ideas against human rights legislation (see [2000] Gazette, 5 October, 3).

It would be refreshing if Baroness Kennedy would stop for one moment and give some consideration to the human rights of the thousands of people in this country who become victims of crime every day.

CJA Cope, Cope's Solicitors, High Wycombe, Bucks