The draft bill is understood to refer not just to prisoners' voting rights in general and local elections in the UK but also to elections to the European Parliament.

BBC: prisoner in cell

The draft bill that Chris Grayling will publish this week will refer not just to prisoners' voting rights relating to domestic general and local elections.

BBC: Votes for prisoners - opening the door?

Following the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that the current blanket ban on prisoners voting in UK elections is illegal, a draft bill to remedy the situation is due to be considered by a joint committee of MPs and peers.

BBC: Tory manoeuvrings