Proposed draft remedial order Government response to the decision made by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR)
Remedial orders are a type of statutory instrument. Under the Human Rights Act 1998, courts can declare Acts of Parliament incompatible with the European convention on human rights. The Government can use remedial orders to amend Acts to remove the incompatibility. A minister formally presents (or ‘lays’) a proposal for a draft remedial order. Parliament has 60 days to consider the proposal. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (a Committee of Members of the Commons and Lords) also scrutinises the proposal. At the end of the 60-day period, the minister can lay a draft remedial order. The minister has to report details of any representations made during the 60 days and any changes made to the proposal.
Follows the calculation style Bicameral instruments (clock stops if either House rises).
House of Commons and House of Lords
A step of type Business step.
The Government has undertaken to respond to most Joint Committee on Human Rights reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule and there is no obligation for the Government to respond.
There are 7 business items.
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Proposal for the Draft Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Remedial) Order 2023
On 18 October 2023.
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Proposal for the Draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order
On 11 October 2022.
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Proposal for the draft State Immunity Act 1978 (Remedial) Order
On 7 September 2022.
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Proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Fatal Accidents Act 1976
On 12 February 2020.
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Proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Human Rights Act 1998
On 15 October 2019.
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Proposal for a draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order
On 14 January 2019.
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Proposal for a Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order
On 19 July 2018.