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Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) recommends the draft Order should not be approved Procedures

House of Commons and House of Lords

A step of type Business step.

Consideration completed by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) within their terms of reference. The Committee can make several recommendations from whether the remedial order is appropriate, whether it should be changed or proceed in the same terms. The Committee also makes recommendations on whether the House(s) should approve the order.

There is 1 procedure.

  1. Draft affirmative remedial order

    A remedial order is an order made by a minister under the Human Rights Act 1998 to amend legislation which has been found incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Remedial orders can be used to amend both primary and secondary legislation, and they may do anything necessary to fix the incompatibility with the Convention rights. Draft remedial orders are considered by the Joint Committee on Human Rights and then need to be approved by both Houses to become law.

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