Michael Gove has been charged with delivering the manifesto commitment to scrap the 1998 Human Rights Act

David Cameron has stepped back from an early confrontation with his own MPs over a controversial move to scrap European human rights laws.

The prime minister has delayed the introduction of a British Bill of Rights, which will not be in the first wave of bills introduced into the Commons after the Queen’s Speech today.

The bill, which seeks to limit abuse of human rights laws, has faced a backlash from Conservative backbenchers and the judiciary.

Michael Gove, the justice secretary, has been charged with delivering the manifesto commitment to scrap the 1998 Human Rights Act and limit the force on British courts of the European Convention on Human Rights.

However, despite detailed legislation drawn up by Conservative lawyers during the last parliament, a government