<P> These ideas reflected those of the political thinker John Locke and they quickly became popular in England . It also sets out--or, in the view of its drafters, restates--certain constitutional requirements of the Crown to seek the consent of the people, as represented in Parliament . </P> <P> In the United Kingdom, the Bill of Rights is further accompanied by Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 as some of the basic documents of the uncodified British constitution . A separate but similar document, the Claim of Right Act 1689, applies in Scotland . The Bill of Rights 1689 was one of the inspirations for the United States Bill of Rights . </P> <P> Along with the Act of Settlement 1701, the Bill of Rights is still in effect in all Commonwealth realms . Following the Perth Agreement in 2011, legislation amending both of them came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015 . </P> <P> During the 17th century, there was renewed interest in Magna Carta . The Parliament of England passed the Petition of Right in 1628 which established certain liberties for subjects . The English Civil War (1642--1651) was fought between the King and an oligarchic but elected Parliament, during which the idea of a political party took form with groups debating rights to political representation during the Putney Debates of 1647 . Subsequently, the Protectorate (1653--1659) and the English Restoration (1660) restored more autocratic rule although Parliament passed the Habeas Corpus Act in 1679, which strengthened the convention that forbade detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence . </P>

The rights secured by the bill of rights are absolute.​