Joint Committee On Human Rights - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 22 January 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1. Introduction
Bills drawn to the special attention of both Houses
2 Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill
(1) The scope of the offence and the obligation to protect life
(2) Deaths in custody and other exemptions for public bodies
(3) Justifications for differential treatment of different bodies
3 Welfare Reform Bill
The Effect of the Bill
Human Rights Standards
Human Rights Implications of the Bill
(1) Work-related Activity: Compulsion and Convention Rights (Part 1)
(2) Contracting-out (Clause 15)
(3)Benefits and Under-25s
(4) Housing Benefit and Anti-Social Behaviour
(5) The use of Social Security information and information sharing
(6) Extension of Sanctions for Benefit Fraud
4 Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill
Effects of the Bill
Human Rights Implications of the Bill
(1) Redress Schemes and Access to Court
Access to a fair hearing: Consumers (Article 6(1) ECHR)
Access to a fair hearing: Suppliers and Estate Agents (Article 6(1) ECHR)
Independence and Impartiality
Due process
(2) Grounds for Prohibiting an Estate Agent from Practising
(3) Modification of Licence Conditions: Access to Court
5 Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill
The effect of the Bill
Status of the "right" to jury trial
Justification for limiting jury trial in serious and complex fraud cases
6 Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill
The effect of the Bill
(1) Independence of tribunals
(2) Availability of legal aid for tribunals
(3) Justification for differential access to legal remedies
(4) Distress for Rent and Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery
Minimum Rent
Access to Court
Execution of CRAR
(5) Cultural Property: Immunity from Seizure
Bills not requiring to be brought to the attention of either House on human rights grounds
Private Bills
Formal Minutes
Appendices
Appendix 1a: Letter from the Chairman to The Rt Hon. John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions re Welfare Reform Bill
Appendix 1b: Letter dated 13 December 2006 from Jim Murphy MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform, Department for Work and Pensions re Welfare Reform Bill
Appendix 2a: Letter from the Chairman to Lord Truscott, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy, Department for Trade and Industry re Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill
Appendix 2b: Letter dated 19 December 2006
from Lord Truscott, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy, Department for Trade and Industry re Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill
Appendix 3a: Letter from the Chairman to The Rt. Hon. Dr John Reid MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department re Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill
Appendix 3b: Letter dated 17 January 2006 from Joan Ryan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home
Office re Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill
Appendix 4a: Letter from the Chairman to The Rt Hon. Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs re Tribunals,
Courts and Enforcement Bill
Appendix 4b: Letter from the Chairman to The Rt Hon. Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs re Tribunals,
Courts and Enforcement Bill
Appendix 4c: Letter dated 19 December from The Rt Hon. Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs re Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill
Appendix 4d: Letter dated 17 January 2007 from The Rt Hon. Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs re Government
Amendments to The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill
Appendix 5: Letter from James Purnell MP, Minister of State for Pensions Reform, Department for Work and Pensions re Pensions Bill
Bills Reported on by the Committee (Session 2006-07)
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