“TOP eurosceptic minister Chris Grayling was today branded a “hypocrite” for backing new rules that block arrested MPs’ names being published.
MPs say the change is needed because revealing their identities breaches their “right to privacy” under the European Convention of Human Rights.
Yet Mr Grayling, an outspoken critic of the Human Rights Act who has said it should be scrapped, will be the cabinet minister to propose the change to the Commons today.
Labour MP John Mann said: “What a hypocrite. He only wants the Human Rights Act to apply to himself, not to the rest of the country.”
Labour’s Mr Mann also warned it could mean MPs fighting an election while voters are unaware they have been arrested.”
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