Annex 1: Sessional Return 2008-09
| Commons Members
Dismore, Mr Andrew (Chairman)
Austin, John
Harris, Dr Evan
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Shepherd, Mr Richard
Timpson, Mr Edward
Lords Members
Bowness, Lord
Dubs, Lord
Lester of Herne Hill, Lord
Morris of Handsworth, Lord
Onslow, Earl of
Prashar, Baroness
Stern, Baroness
Overall attendance:
| Meetings attended
31 out of 32
17 out of 32
30 out of 32
20 out of 32
7 out of 32
19 out of 32
25 out of 32
28 out of 32
21 out of 32
24 out of 32
27 out of 32
24 out of 32
0 out of 1
71.1%
|
| Total number of meetings:
| 32 |
Of which:
| |
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 19 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 13 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees
| 0 |
| Other activities |
|
| Informal meetings
| 4 |
| Conferences/seminars hosted
| 4 |
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, 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 | 1
|
| Other Ministers | 10
|
| Members of the House of Commons | 1
|
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families
| 1 |
| Government Equalities Office | 1
|
| Ministry of Justice | 2
|
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 1
|
| Home Office | 2
|
| Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| Association of Chief Police Officers | 1
|
| Children's Commissioner for England | 1
|
| Children's Commissioner for Wales | 1
|
| Equality and Human Rights Commission | 6
|
| Independent Police Complaints Commission |
1 |
| Metropolitan Police Service | 1
|
| Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission |
3 |
| Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
| 1 |
| Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
| 1 |
| Scottish Human Rights Commission | 1
|
| Appearances by other witnesses | 31
|
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost[90]
|
| 14-18.6.09 | New York and Washington DC
| Dismore, Austin, Harris, Sharma,
L Dubs,
B Prashar
| 1 | Inquiry into business and human rights
| £14,190.84 |
| 23.9.09 | GenevaA
| Dismore | 0
| Equality and Human Rights Commission seminar
| £405.16 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost[91]
|
| 4.12.08 | Lambeth
| Dismore, Harris,
L Dubs
| 1 | Inquiry into Policing and Protest
| £19.62 |
| 21.1.09 | Yarl's Wood, Bedfordshire
| L Lester,
L Morris
E of Onslow
| 1 | Visit to Immigration Removal Centre
| £200.00 |
| 27.3.09 | OxfordA
| Dismore | 0
| British Institute of Learning Disabilities Conference
| £51.00 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2008-09)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
| 93 | 4.1.09
| Received 3.3.09: published as Sixth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Second Report: The Work of the Committee in 2007-08
| 92 | 26.1.09
| Received 21.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Third Report: A Bill of Rights for the UK? Government Response to the Committee's Twenty-Ninth Report of Session 2007-08
| 145 | 19.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Political Parties and Elections Bill
| 204 | 1.2.09
| Received 18.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Fifth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Fourteenth Report): Annual Report of Control Orders Legislation 2009
| 282 | 24.2.09
| Cm 7625, published 21.5.09
|
| Sixth Report: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of this Session
| 315 | 6.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Report: Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest
| 320-I | 23.3.09
| Cm 7633, published 29.5.09
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest
| 320-II | 23.3.09
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Coroners and Justice Bill
| 362 | 19.3.09
| Received 20.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Ninth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill
| 375 | 25.3.09
| Received 21.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Tenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Policing and Crime Bill
| 395 | 16.4.09
| Not applicable |
| Eleventh Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Health Bill; Marine and Coastal Access Bill
| 396 | 15.4.09
| Not applicable |
| Twelfth Report: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Reservations and Interpretative Declaration
| 397 | 17.4.09
| Received 14.5.09: published as part of Seventeenth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Thirteenth Report: Prisoner Transfer Treaty with Libya
| 398 | 15.4.09
| Received 30.6.09: published as part of Twenty-First Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Fourteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Welfare Reform Bill; Apprenticeships, Skills, Children, Children and Learning Bill; Health Bill
| 414 | 27.4.09
| Not applicable |
| Fifteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Policing and Crime Bill (gangs injunctions)
| 441 | 6.5.09
| Not applicable |
| Sixteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Coroners and Justice Bill (certified inquests)
| 524 | 25.5.09
| Received 1.7.09: published as part of Twentieth Report, Session 2008-09
|
| Seventeenth Report: Government replies to the Second, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth Reports of Session 2008-09
| 592 | 25.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Eighteenth Report: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Fifteenth Report): Annual Renewal of 28 Days 2009
| 726 | 23.6.09
| Awaited |
| Nineteenth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Parliamentary Standards Bill
| 844 | 30.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Twentieth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Finance Bill; Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report of 2008-09, Coroners and Justice Bill (certified inquests)
| 882 | 8.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-first Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Marine and Coastal Access Bill; Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of 2008-09
| 918 | 5.8.09
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-second Report: Demonstrating Respect for Rights? Follow Up
| 522 | 28.7.09
| Awaited[92]
|
| Twenty-third Report: Allegations of UK complicity in torture
| 230 | 4.8.09
| Cm 7714, published 2.10.09
|
| Twenty-fourth Report: Closing the Impunity Gap: UK law on genocide (and related crimes) and redress for torture victims
| 553 | 11.8.09
| Cm 7704, published 26.10.09
|
| Twenty-fifth Report: Children's Rights
| 338 | 20.11.09
| Awaited |
| Twenty-sixth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill
| 736 | 12.11.09
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-seventh Report: Retention, use and destruction of biometric data: correspondence with Government
| 1113 | 12.11.09
| Not applicable |
| Twenty-eighth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Child Poverty Bill
| 1114 | 26.11.09
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Immigration and Human Rights
| 357-i [Session 2007-08]
| 22.6.09 | Not applicable
|
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: A Bill of Rights for the UK and the work of the Human Rights Minister
| 174-i | 20.1.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: A Bill Of Rights For The UK And The Work Of The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
| 280-i | 24.2.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-i | 3.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-ii | 9.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-iii | 30.6.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-iv | 7.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Business and Human Rights
| 559-v | 14.7.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 1042-i | 20.10.09
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the internet: Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 1042-ii | 10.11.09
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
Reply to the Committee's
Ninth Report, Session 2006-07: The Meaning of Public Authority
under the Human Rights Act, published as Cm 7726
Government replies to Reports for Session 2007-08
Reply to the Committee's Twenty-ninth Report, Session
2007-08: A Bill of Rights for the UK?, received 18.12.08
and published as the Committee's Third Report, Session 2008-09
Reply to the Committee's Thirty-first Report, Session
2007-08: Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights
Judgments, published as Cm 7524
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
None.
Debates
Committee reports and/or correspondence were tagged
on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in the House of
Commons on 17 occasions and in Westminster Hall on 2 occasions.
Further details can be found in table 4, pages 24 and 25.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| A UK Bill of Rights and the Work of the Human Rights Minister
| 1 |
| A UK Bill of Rights and the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
| 1 |
| Business and human rights
| 5 |
| Children's rights | 2
|
| Legislative Scrutiny: Equality Bill
| 1 |
| Policing and Protest |
3 |
| The Work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
| 2 |
| UK legislation relating to genocide and torture
| 2 |
| UNCAT: Allegations of UK Complicity in Torture
| 2 |
| Total | 19
|
90 House of Commons only. Back
91
House of Commons only. Back
92
Holding reply received 24.10.09: published on the internet Back
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