Annex 1: Sessional Return 2007-08
Human Rights
| Commons Members
Dismore, Mr Andrew (Chairman)
Austin, John (added 8.11.07)
Carswell, Mr Douglas (discharged 13.10.08)
Timpson, Mr Edward (added 13.10.08)
Griffith, Nia (discharged 8.11.07)
Harris, Dr Evan
Sharma, Mr Virendra (added 8.11.07)
Shepherd, Mr Richard
Tami, Mark (discharged 8.11.07)
Lords Members
Bowness, Lord (added 19.2.08)
Dubs, Lord (added 26.11.07)
Fraser, Lord of Carmyllie (discharged 19.2.08)
Lester, Lord of Herne Hill
Morris, Lord of Handsworth (added 26.11.07)
Onslow, Earl of
Plant, Lord of Highfield (discharged 12.11.07)
Stern, Baroness
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
36 out of 39
22 out of 39
2 out of 33
6 out of 6
0 out of 0
32 out of 39
25 out of 39
12 out of 39
0 out of 0
21 out of 26
29 out of 38
1 out of 11
25 out of 39
30 out of 38
29 out of 39
1 out of 1
33 out of 39
65.0%
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 39 |
Of which:
| |
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 19[73]
|
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 20 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities |
|
| Informal meetings
| 11 |
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 6 |
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
Raju Bhatt, Frances Butler, Dr Heaven Crawley, Professor
Philip Fennell, Professor Geoff Gilbert, Raza Husain, Professor
Francesca Klug, Colm O'Cinneide, Dr Tomoya Obokata, Camilla Parker,
Professor Linda Ward and Sue Willman.
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 2
|
| Other Ministers | 6
|
| Members of the House of Commons
| 1 |
| Members of the House of Lords
| 1 |
| Members of the Scottish Parliament
| 1 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Ministry of Justice |
1 |
| Home Office | 1
|
| Department for Work and Pensions
| 2 |
| Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| Association of Chief Police Officers
| 1 |
| Bill of Rights Forum for Northern Ireland
| 2 |
| Crown Prosecution Service
| 1 |
| Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 2 |
| Information Commissioner's Office
| 2 |
| Metropolitan Police Service
| 1 |
| Scottish Executive |
2 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 33 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 17-22.11.07 | Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa
| Dismore, Austin, Harris
| 3 | UK Bill of Rights
| £13,428.16 |
| 13-14.2.08 | ViennaA
| Dismore | 0
| EU Fundamental Rights Agency
| £204.00 |
| 30.6-3.7.08 | Madrid, Lyon and Paris
| Dismore, Austin | 2
| Policing and Protest |
£12,524.43 |
| 16-17.11.08 | Vienna
| Dismore, Austin | 2
| EU Fundamental Rights Agency
| £4,983.45[74]
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 31.3-1.4.08 | StrasbourgA
| | 2 |
ECtHR Judgments | £401.30
|
| 8-10.6.08 | StockholmA
| [75]
| 1 | Colloquy on strengthening implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights
| £996.18 |
| 25.6.08 | BrusselsA
| [76]
| 0 | Conference of Chairpersons of Parliamentary Human Rights Committees in EU Member States
| £155.60 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 10.3.08 | Edinburgh
| Dismore, Austin | 3A
| UK Bill of Rights |
£1,498.40 |
| 26-27.10.08 | Belfast
| Dismore, Harris | 1
| Policing and Protest |
£1,341.84 |
A
Includes 1 shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Government Response to the Committee's Eighteenth Report of Session 2006-07: The Human Rights of Older People in Healthcare
| 72 | 16.11.07
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: 42 days
| 156 | 14.12.07
| Cm 7344, published 1.3.08
|
| Third Report: Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill; 2) Other Bills
| 198 | 3.1.08
| Received 28.1.08: published as Twelfth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Fourth Report: Government response to the Committee's Twenty-First Report of Session 2006-07: Human Trafficking: Update
| 220 | 15.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
| 269 | 25.1.08
| Received 30.4.08: published as Twenty-Third Report Session 2007-08
|
| Sixth Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the State of Human Rights in the UK
| 270 | 1.2.08
| Received 8.4.08: published as Eighteenth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Seventh Report: A Life Like Any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities
| 73-I | 6.3.08
| Cm 7378, published 7.5.08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: A Life Like Any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities
| 73-II | 6.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Health and Social Care Bill
| 303 | 6.2.08
| Received 16.4.08: published as Seventeenth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Ninth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eighth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill
| 199 | 7.2.08
| Cm 7344, published 1.3.08
|
| Tenth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Ninth Report): Annual Renewal of Control Orders Legislation 2008
| 356 | 20.2.08
| Cm 7368, published 21.4.08
|
| Eleventh Report: The Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres
| 378 | 7.3.08
| Received 17.7.08: published as Twenty-Seventh Report Session 2007-08
|
| Twelfth Report: Legislative Scrutiny : 1) Health and Social Care Bill and 2) Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill: Government Response
| 379 | 11.3.08
| Received 16.4.08: published as Seventeenth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Thirteenth Report: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2006-07: The Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
| 380 | 29.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Fourteenth Report: Data Protection and Human Rights
| 132 | 14.3.08
| Received 23.6.08: published as Twenty-Second Report Session 2007-08
|
| Fifteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny
| 440 | 25.3.08
| Received 29.4.08, 1.5.08, 7.5.08, 16.5.08, 4.6.08 and 5.6.08: published as Twenty-Third Report Session 2007-08
|
| Sixteenth Report: Scrutiny of Mental Health Legislation: Follow Up
| 455 | 31.3.08
| Received 30.7.08: published as Thirty-Second Report Session 2007-08
|
| Seventeenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: 1) Employment Bill; 2) Housing and Regeneration Bill; and 3) Other Bills
| 501 | 28.4.08
| Not applicable |
| Eighteenth Report: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08: The Work of the Committee in 2007 and the state of Human Rights in the UK
| 526 | 6.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Nineteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Education and Skills Bill
| 553 | 13.5.08
| Received 6.6.08: published as Twenty-Third Report Session 2007-08
|
| Twentieth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter Terrorism Bill
| 554 | 14.5.08
| Received 26.6.08: published as Twenty-Fourth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Twenty-First Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eleventh Report): 42 Days and Public Emergencies
| 635 | 5.6.08
| Received 26.6.08: published as Twenty-Fourth Report Session 2007-08
|
| Twenty-Second Report: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2007-08: Data Protection and Human Rights
| 754 | 23.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-Third Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Government Replies
| 755 | 26.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-Fourth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Government Responses to the Committee's Twentieth and Twenty-First Reports of Session 2007-08
| 756 | 26.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-Fifth Report: Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights (Twelfth Report): Annual Renewal of 28 Days 2008
| 825 | 30.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-Sixth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill
| 950 | 15.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-Seventh Report: Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres: Government Reply to the Committee's Eleventh Report of this Session
| 979 | 17.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-Eighth Report: UN Convention Against Torture: Discrepancies in Evidence Given to the Committee About Use of Prohibited Interrogation Techniques in Iraq
| 527 | 27.7.08
| Received 10.11.08: published on the internet
|
| Twenty-Ninth Report: A Bill of Rights for the UK?
| 150 | 10.8.08
| Awaited |
| Oral and Written Evidence: A Bill of Rights for the UK?
| 150-II | 10.8.08
| Not applicable |
| Thirtieth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Thirteenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill
| 1077 | 8.10.08
| Awaited |
| Thirty-First Report: Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgments: Annual Report 2008
| 1078 | 31.10.08
| Awaited |
| Thirty-Second Report: Scrutiny of Mental Health Legislation: Government Response
| 1079 | 8.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Immigration and Human Rights
| 357-i | 27.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Policing and Protest
| 826-i | 30.6.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Equality and Human Right Commission
| 1094-i | 20.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Policing and Protest
| 826-ii | 30.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Human Rights Issues relating to the Home Office
| 1142-i | 3.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
| 1204-i | 25.11.08
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's First Report: The Council
of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, received
13.2.08 and published as the Committee's Thirteenth Report, Session
2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Twentieth Report: Highly
Skilled Migrants: Changes to the Immigration Rules, published
as Cm 7268 (27.11.07).
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/joint_committee_on_human_rights.cfm.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 2.6.08 | Nine, on consideration of the Committee's Twenty-First Report
|
| 21.7.08 | One, on consideration of the Committee's Twenty-Ninth Report
|
Debates
Committee reports were tagged on the Order Paper
as being relevant to debates in the House of Commons or Westminster
Hall on 21 occasions. Further details can be found in the Committee's
Sessional Report.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| A Bill of Rights for the UK?
| 6 |
| A Life Like any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities
| 1 |
| Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights
| 2 |
| Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill
| 1 |
| Data Protection and Human Rights
| 2 |
| Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 1 |
| Human rights issues relating to the Home Office
| 1 |
| Immigration and Human Rights
| 1 |
| Policing and Protest |
3 |
| UN Disability Rights Convention
| 1 |
| UNCAT: Allegations of torture and inhuman treatment by British troops in Iraq
| 1 |
| Total | 20
|
73 On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised
two separate oral evidence sessions. Back
74
Estimated outturn Back
75
The Earl of Onslow, a Lords Member of the Committee, took part
in this visit Back
76
Lord Dubs, a Lords Member of the Committee, took part in this
visit Back
|
