After forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, these plans were shelved and reinstated only after the Conservative party won an overall majority in the 2015 general election.
[3] Specific details on the specific legislation are unknown due to sparse information being published, however, some proposed differences between existing legislation and a "British Bill of Rights", were made apparent early on, due to the way in which the Westminster system operates.
In order to change the text of the European Convention on Human Rights, there needed to be broad to unanimous agreement between member states of the Council of Europe.
Moreover, the Convention provides that its provisions are minimum standards, that a member party can enact laws granting rights.
Ultimately, any person who had exhausted domestic remedy could refer their case to the European Court which has obtained before and since the enactment of the HRA 1998.