Legislative Scrutiny: Crime and Courts Bill - Human Rights Joint Committee

Human Rights Joint Committee - Fifth Report
Legislative Scrutiny: Crime and Courts Bill

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 20 November 2012.

Contents

The information provided by the Government

2 The National Crime Agency

The NCA and counter-terrorism

The NCA and human trafficking

The NCA and freedom of information

The "no-strike" provision

3 Courts and Justice

Delegation of judicial function to legal adviser in magistrates court

Judicial appointments

The role of the executive in senior judicial appointments

Diversity in judicial appointments

The process for international judicial appointments

Filming of witnesses, parties, victims, jurors and defendants in court proceedings

Transfer of immigration and nationality judicial reviews to the Upper Tribunal

Removal of rights of appeal in relation to family visit visas

4 Overbroad or unnecessary criminal offences

Strict liability drug driving offence

Scandalising the court

Insulting words or behaviour

Conclusions and Recommendations

Formal Minutes

Declaration of Lords' Interests

List of written evidence

List of written evidence published on the Internet

Written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament