Compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights
22 The Departments do not consider that any of the Bill’s provisions engage the Convention rights. Accordingly, no issues arise as to the compatibility of the Bill with those rights.
23 Section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 requires the Minister in charge of a Bill in either House of Parliament to make a statement about the compatibility of the provisions in the Bill with the Convention rights (as defined by section 1 of that Act).
24 The Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, has made the following statement:
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"In my view the provisions of the European Union (Approvals) Bill are compatible with the Convention rights." |