The first clause states that the election of members of Parliament should be free.
The second clause states that members of Parliament have a right to the freedom of speech.
The Declaration of Rights is a document composed to detail the violations committed by James II King of England. It also specifies the rights that every citizen of England should be entitled to and that all English monarchs should respect. This Declaration was read by the English Parliament to William of Orange and his wife, Mary, daughter of the, at the time absent, James II.
It was the Founding Father Thomas Jefferson who included the idea of natural rights when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, since he wanted to make it clear why exactly the colonies were breaking ties with Britain.
