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Eight-hundred years since the signing of the Magna Carta, there’s growing debate in the UK over whether it needs an overhaul of its constitutional framework. Does the country need a bill of rights, for example, similar to the one that exists in the US? The House of Commons constitutional reform committee is looking at the issue – MP Graham Allen chairs it. He explains why the Magna Carta was so important. (Photo: King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede in southern England. Credit: Rischgitz/Getty Images)