Nick Gibb: Public believe prisoners 'lose right' to vote

A joint committee of Commons and Lords has proposed the idea of giving the vote to prisoners who have been sentenced to less than a year in jail, and to others who are nearing the end of their sentence. Nick Gibb, the Conservative chair of the committee, and Crispin Blunt, the Conservative former prisons minister, talk to presenter James Naughtie.

Click here to download MP3 of interview: BBC Today Programme: Public believe prisoners 'lose right' to vote

British Government and the Constitution - A Blog

Worth a quick peak at Professor Adam Tomkins's blog: http://britgovcon.wordpress.com/ on the subject of British Government and the Constitution. Has many posts on Constitutional Reform, Judicial Review, Human Rights and Civil Liberties.