Rees-Mogg’s plan to end remote voting in parliament condemned by rights body

Equalities commission says exclusion of older MPs and those with disabilities ‘cannot be right’

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has condemned the UK government’s plan to only allow MPs to participate in Commons debates and votes in person, saying it “cannot be right” to exclude older MPs or those with disabilities or illnesses.

In a letter to Vicky Foxcroft, the shadow minister for disabled people, Rebecca Hilsenrath, the chief executive of the EHRC, said she wanted to raise concerns “that proceedings in parliament must remain fully inclusive during the coronavirus pandemic”.

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