HC Deb 15 January 1976 vol 903 cc196-7W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the basic rights of the citizen throughout the United Kingdom together with the statutes under which they are guaranteed.

Dr. Summerskill

There is no distinction in the law of this country between "basic" and other rights, and many rights of the citizen are derived from common law rather than statute.

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