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 Ministers | 4
|
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 8 |
Members of the House of Lords
| 8 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Home Office | 2
|
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
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
22-23.6.11 | Strasbourg
| Francis, Chishti, Shepherd
| 1 | Visit to European Institution
| £2,036 |
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
8.9.11 | Chelmsford, Essex
| Francis | 1A
| Inquiry into the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living
| £21 |
22.9.11 | Cardiff
| Francis | 1
| To discuss the Committee's programme of work with the Welsh Executive
| £91 |
A
Specialist adviser
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC 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)
| 459 | 15.9.10
| Not applicable |
Second Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Identity Documents Bill
| 515 | 18.10.10
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (Preliminary Report)
| 535 | 22.10.10
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Bill (Second Report); and other Bills
| 598 | 12.11.10
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Proposal for the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010
| 599 | 16.11.10
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: (1) Superannuation Bill; (2) Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
| 640 | 29.11.10
| Not applicable |
Seventh Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Public Bodies Bill; other Bills
| 725 | 21.1.11
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2011
| 838 | 2.3.11
| Cm 8096, published 7.6.11
|
Ninth Report: Draft Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010-second Report
| 859 | 14.3.11
| Not applicable |
Tenth Report: Facilitating Peaceful Protest
| 684 | 25.3.11
| Awaited |
Eleventh Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
| 1020 | 10.5.11
| Not applicable |
Twelfth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Armed Forces Bill
| 1037 | 17.5.11
| Not applicable |
Thirteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Education Bill; and other Bills
| 1140 | 13.6.11
| Not applicable |
Fourteenth Report: Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011: Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion
| 1141 | 15.6.11
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report: The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy
| 767 | 22.6.11
| 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
|
1432
|
19.7.11
|
Cm 8167, published 30.9.11
|
Seventeenth Report: The Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011: Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion (Second Report)
| 1483 | 13.9.11
| Not applicable |
Eighteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Protection of Freedoms Bill
| 1490 | 7.10.11
| Not applicable |
Nineteenth Report: Proposal for the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2011
| 1549 | 13.10.11
| Cm 8293, published 1.3.12
|
Twentieth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Second Report)
| 1571 | 19.10.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-First Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Welfare Reform Bill
| 1704 | 12.12.11
| Not applicable |
Twenty-Second Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
| 1717 | 19.12.11
| 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
| 1074 | 1.3.12
| 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
| 1777 | 4.4.12
| 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-i | 31.3.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Counter-Terrorism Review
| 797-i | 20.7.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Government's Human Rights Policy and Human Rights Judgments
| 1726-i | 23.1.12
| Not applicable |
Corrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Human Rights Judgments
| 873-i | 6.7.11
| 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-iii | 13.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role and independence of the office of the Children's Commissioner for England
| 1953-i | 26.4.12
| 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
Date | Subject
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9.11.10 | Two, on consideration of the Chair's draft Report on Proposal for the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010
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23.11.10 | Two, on consideration of the Chair's draft Report on Legislative Scrutiny: (1) Superannuation Bill; (2) Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
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7.6.11 | Four, 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
Inquiry | Number 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 |
Total | 26A
|
A At one meeting of the Committee evidence
was taken on more than one inquiry
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