Legislative Scrutiny: Care Bill - Human Rights Joint Committee

Human Rights Joint Committee - Eleventh Report
Legislative Scrutiny: Care 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 22 January 2014.

Contents

Pre-legislative scrutiny

Care Bill

Information provided by the Government

Human rights memoranda

Equality information

Purposes of the Bill

2 The right to independent living

3 Human rights compatible treatment

Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect

Care standards

4 The scope of the Human Rights Act

Background

The rationales behind clause 48

(1) No retrogression in human rights protection

(2) Fill the gaps in human rights protection for publicly arranged/paid for care

(3) Extend human rights protection to privately arranged care

The Joint Committee on the draft Care and Support Bill

The Bill as introduced

The significant human rights issues

Publicly arranged/paid for care ("the YL issue")

Privately arranged and paid for care ("the wholly private issue")

An alternative amendment to deal with the YL problem

How effective is the CQC in the performance of its positive obligation?

5Carers' rights

Adults caring for adults

Young carers

An opportunity to strengthen the rights of parent carers of disabled children

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Declaration of Lords' Interests

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament