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23  HUMAN RIGHTS (JOINT COMMITTEE)

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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 27 July 2010. The following attendance lists Commons' membership only.
Members

Francis, Dr Hywel (Chair)

Chishti, Rehman (added 29.3.11)

Crockart, Mike (added 24.5.11)

Huppert, Julian (discharged 23.5.11)

Laing, Mrs Eleanor (discharged 28.3.11)

Raab, Dominic

Sharma, Mr Virendra (added 2.11.10)

Shepherd, Mr Richard

Slaughter, Mr Andy (discharged 2.11.10)

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

60 out of 60

15 out of 39

26 out of 32

23 out of 28

2 out of 21

40 out of 60

35 out of 56

34 out of 60

2 out of 4

65.8 %

Total number of meetings: 60

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 25
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 0
Number of wholly private meetings 35
Other activities
Informal meetings (including overseas) 29
Conferences/Seminars hosted 1

Staff

Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Mr Neil Crowther, Ms Caroline Gooding, Dr Jenny Morris, and Professor Susan Nash

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers4
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers) 8
Members of the House of Lords 8
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Home Office2
Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Children's Commissioner for England 1
Crown Prosecution Service 1
Equality and Human Rights Commission 3
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland 2
Scottish Human Rights Commission 2
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission 2
Appearances by other witnesses: 65

Overseas Visits

None

Visits to European Institutions
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
22-23.6.11Strasbourg Francis, Chishti, Shepherd 1Visit to European Institution £2,036

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
8.9.11Chelmsford, Essex Francis1A Inquiry into the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living £21
22.9.11Cardiff Francis1 To discuss the Committee's programme of work with the Welsh Executive £91

A Specialist adviser

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: Work of the Committee in 2008-09: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2009-10; Legislative Scrutiny (Finance Bills and Academies Bill) 45915.9.10 Not applicable
Second Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Identity Documents Bill 51518.10.10 Not applicable
Third Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (Preliminary Report) 53522.10.10 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Bill (Second Report); and other Bills 59812.11.10 Not applicable
Fifth Report: Proposal for the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010 59916.11.10 Not applicable
Sixth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: (1) Superannuation Bill; (2) Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 64029.11.10 Not applicable
Seventh Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Public Bodies Bill; other Bills 72521.1.11 Not applicable
Eighth Report: Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2011 8382.3.11 Cm 8096, published 7.6.11
Ninth Report: Draft Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010-second Report 85914.3.11 Not applicable
Tenth Report: Facilitating Peaceful Protest 68425.3.11 Awaited
Eleventh Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill 102010.5.11 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Armed Forces Bill 103717.5.11 Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Education Bill; and other Bills 114013.6.11 Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011: Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion 114115.6.11 Not applicable
Fifteenth Report: The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy 76722.6.11 Awaited
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy

Sixteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill





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Cm 8167, published 30.9.11
Seventeenth Report: The Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011: Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion (Second Report) 148313.9.11 Not applicable
Eighteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Protection of Freedoms Bill 14907.10.11 Not applicable
Nineteenth Report: Proposal for the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2011 154913.10.11 Cm 8293, published 1.3.12
Twentieth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Second Report) 157119.10.11 Not applicable
Twenty-First Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Welfare Reform Bill 170412.12.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Second Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 171719.12.11 Received 30.1.12: copies were placed in the libraries of both Houses
Twenty-Third Report: Implementation of the Right of Disabled People to Independent Living 10741.3.12 Received 21.5.12
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Implementation of the Right of Disabled People to Independent Living 1.3.12 Not applicable
Twenty-Fourth Report: The Justice and Security Green Paper 17774.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Justice and Security Green Paper 4.4.12 Not applicable
Oral and Written Evidence: The Government's Human Rights Policy 609-i31.3.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: Counter-Terrorism Review 797-i20.7.11 Not applicable
Oral Evidence: The Government's Human Rights Policy and Human Rights Judgments 1726-i23.1.12 Not applicable
Corrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Human Rights Judgments 873-i6.7.11 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Human Rights in the UK 1718-i 15.12.11 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Human Rights Judgements 873 ii-iii13.3.12 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role and independence of the office of the Children's Commissioner for England 1953-i26.4.12 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The role and independence of the office of the Children's Commissioner for England 26.4.12 Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10

Reply to the Committee's Second Report: Legislative Scrutiny (Finance Bills and Academies Bill, received 27.3.10 and published with the Committee's First Report, Session 2010-12.

Formal Minutes

The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/human-rights-committee/formal-minutes/.

Divisions
DateSubject
9.11.10Two, on consideration of the Chair's draft Report on Proposal for the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010
23.11.10Two, on consideration of the Chair's draft Report on Legislative Scrutiny: (1) Superannuation Bill; (2) Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
7.6.11Four, on consideration of the Chair's draft Report on Legislative Scrutiny: Education Bill

Debates

The following Reports were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:

Eighth Report, Session 2010-12: Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2011, HC 838, 2.3.11

Sixteenth Report of Session 2010-12: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill, HC 1432, 5.9.11

Fourth Report, Session 2010-12: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset- Freezing etc Bill (Second Report); and other Bills, HC 598, 15.11.11

Fifteenth Report, Session 2010-12: The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy, HC 767, 24.11.11 and 5.12.11

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Counter-Terrorism Review 1
Facilitating Peaceful Protest 2
Human Rights in the UK 1
Human Rights Judgments 4
Implementation of the Right of Disabled People to Independent Living 6
The Government's Human Rights Policy 2
The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy 4
The Justice and Security Green Paper 5
The role and independence of the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England 1
Total26A

A At one meeting of the Committee evidence was taken on more than one inquiry



 
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