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Proposed draft remedial order Business step

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.

There are 20 steps.

  1. Call for evidence opened by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  2. Considered by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  3. Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  4. Government response to the decision made by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  5. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) inquiry opened (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  6. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommended a draft remedial order be laid and the Government reconsider the drafting of the order (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  7. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends a draft Order be laid in an amended form (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  8. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends a draft Order be laid in the same terms as the proposal (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  9. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends the Order be laid under the urgent procedure in an amended form (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  10. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends the Order be laid under the urgent procedure in the same terms as the proposal (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  11. Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends there should be no draft Order and the Government should bring forward primary legislation (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  12. Laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)
  13. Laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)
  14. Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (House of Commons and House of Lords)
  15. Proposal for a draft remedial order created
  16. Proposal for a draft remedial order withdrawn from the House of Commons (House of Commons)
  17. Proposal for a draft remedial order withdrawn from the House of Lords (House of Lords)
  18. Proposed Remedial Order scrutiny period ends
  19. Statement informing the House that a proposal for a draft remedial order has been laid (House of Commons)
  20. Statement informing the House that a proposal for a draft remedial order has been laid (House of Lords)

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