Joint Committee On Human Rights - Third 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 29 January 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Bills drawn to the special attention of both Houses
Government Bills
1 Concessionary Bus Travel Bill
Right of access to a judicial determination
of civil rights and obligations
Appeals: Article 6(1) ECHR
Enabling Appeals
2 Legal Services Bill
Human Rights Issues
(1) Access to an Independent and Impartial
Tribunal: Regulatory Bodies and Decision Making
Regulatory Decisions of the LSB
Judicial Review and Article 6(1) ECHR
Financial Penalties imposed by the LSB: Appeals
Licensing Authorities and Appeals
(2) Access to an Independent and Impartial
Tribunal: Office for Legal Complaints and the Ombudsman
(3) Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal: Independence
and Impartiality
(4) Investigatory Powers and the right to
Respect for Private Life
Powers of Search and Seizure
(5) Legal Professional Privilege and Alternative
Business Structures
3 Offender Management Bill
The effect of the Bill
(1) Whether providers are "public authorities"
(2) Information sharing
(3) New powers to strip-search visitors in
private prisons
(4) New power to detain visitors in contracted
out prisons
(5) New criminal offence of removing documents
from a prison
(6) Removal of requirement to appoint medical
officer
(7) Power to send to prison at 18
Formal Minutes
Appendices
Appendix 1: Letter dated 19 December, from
the Chairman to Lord Davies of Oldham, Government Spokesperson
for Transport, re Concessionary Bus Travel Bill
Appendix 2: Letter dated 18 January, from
Lord Davies of Oldham, Government Spokesperson for Transport,
re Concessionary Bus Travel Bill
Appendix 3: Letter dated 19 December, from
the Chairman to The Rt Hon. Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs,
re Legal Services Bill
Appendix 4: Letter dated 17 January 2007,
from Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs, re Legal Services Bill
Appendix 5: Letter dated 19 December 2006,
from the Chairman to The Rt Hon. Dr John Reid MP, Secretary of
State for the Home Department, re Offender Management Bill
Appendix 6: Letter dated 17 January 2007,
from Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Home Office, re Offender Management Bill
Bills Reported on by the Committee (Session
2006-07)
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