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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mps-back-ban-on-prisoner-votes.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Former shadow home secretary David Davis said it was for Parliament to decide whether prisoners should get the vote" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-mps-back-ban-on-prisoner-votes.jpg" alt="Former shadow home secretary David Davis said it was for Parliament to decide whether prisoners should get the vote"/></a></p>
<p>Pressure on the Government to defy a court&#8217;s ruling against the UK blanket ban on prisoners voting has intensified after MPs overwhelmingly backed the status quo.</p>
<p>Attorney General Dominic Grieve promised to reflect the 234 to 22 decision in what he said would be &#8220;a drawn-out dialogue&#8221; with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).</p>
<p>Despite Prime Minister David Cameron declaring that the idea makes him &#8220;sick&#8221;, fears of compensation claims running into millions of pounds have prompted reform plans.</p>
<p>They would see some 28,000 inmates serving less than four years being given the vote, although there have been signs that ministers could row back from that position.</p>
<p>Senior Tory MP David Davis &#8211; one of the leaders of the Commons debate &#8211; called on the Government to tell the ECHR it cannot &#8220;supplant&#8221; the role of Parliament.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is a brilliant result,&#8221; the former shadow home secretary said. &#8220;A 99% majority, which we believe also reflects the view in the country that prisoners should not be given the vote.</p>
<p>&#8220;The ball is now in the Government&#8217;s court to go back to the ECHR and tell them that they cannot supplant the role of Parliament.&#8221; Mr Davis secured the debate along with Labour ex-home secretary Jack Straw, who accused the ECHR of going beyond its remit.</p>
<p>Responding to the vote, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said: &#8220;We have been very clear that it is not Labour policy to give prisoners the vote. Despite several attempts to glean information from the Tory-led Government by me, and the lively debate in the House today, they have yet to explain how they intend to satisfy the European Court of Human Right&#8217;s ruling.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Government must, as a matter of urgency, bring forward their draft legislation so Parliament and the public are clear about where they stand on this important issue.&#8221;</p>
<p>But prison campaigners accused MPs of sending out a &#8220;poor&#8221; message about their commitment to rehabilitating offenders.</p>
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