Legislative Scrutiny: Justice and Security Bill (second report)

Joint Committee on Human Rights - Eighth Report
Legislative Scrutiny: Justice and Security Bill (second report)

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 26 February 2013.

Contents

The opportunity for proper scrutiny

Information considered in our scrutiny of the Government's amendments

The purpose of this Report

2 The scope of the Bill

Power to add courts or tribunals by order

Damage to international relations

Definition of material disclosure of which would damage national security

Availability of CMPs in Supreme Court

3 Extension of CMPs to all civil proceedings

Evidence of the need for change

Judicial discretion

Equality of arms in the ability to apply for a CMP

Judicial balancing at the "gateway"—the Wiley balance

Strict necessity: CMPs only as a last resort

Judicial balancing in the CMP

"Gisting" obligation

Annual renewal

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Declaration of Lords' Interests

List of written evidence

Written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament