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Lords Chamber
Legislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated Powers - Thu 06 Jan 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Andrews (LAB - Life peer) Why else would they have introduced attempts to prorogue Parliament, or indeed to strip out treaty obligations - Speech Link
2: Lord Rooker (LAB - Life peer) Sitting days for Parliament are not mentioned. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) , and I do not think that was the consensus today. - Speech Link
4: Lord True (CON - Life peer) My Lords, I do not agree with my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts that this debate would not - Speech Link
5: Lord True (CON - Life peer) I do not wish to pre-empt the Government’s response today. - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (Correspondence)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Dec. 21 2021

Source Page: Human Rights Act: letter to the Lord Chancellor
Document: Human Rights Act: letter to the Lord Chancellor (webpage)

Found: are not reserved to the UK Parliament by the Scotland Act 1998.


Scottish Government Publication (Correspondence)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Dec. 21 2021

Source Page: Human Rights Act: letter to the Lord Chancellor
Document: Human Rights Act: letter to the Lord Chancellor (PDF)

Found: As you know, human rights as a subject matter are not reserved to the UK Parliament by the Scotland


Select Committee
Tenth Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Judicial Review and Courts Bill

Inquiry Publications Dec. 07 2021

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: to do so.


Lords Chamber
Ministerial Code - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) Minister issued the latest version on almost the same day when he advised Her Majesty the Queen to prorogue - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) be made in the first instance, in Parliament.” - Speech Link
3: Lord True (CON - Life peer) Personally, I am proud to be a Member of my right honourable friend’s Government, and I do not share - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fookes (CON - Life peer) as it is the Prime Minister’s responsibility to update the manual, has he been asked whether he will do - Speech Link
5: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) Is it not better to have strict rules so that diplomacy and tweeting do not become confused? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
2nd reading - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (LAB - Life peer) If a Prime Minister can unlawfully prorogue Parliament, he can also abuse the Dissolution powers. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lisvane (CB - Life peer) unusual to prorogue Parliament and then dissolve during the period of Prorogation, so the two processes - Speech Link
3: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) The Executive’s decision to prorogue a sitting Parliament against its will so that the Executive could - Speech Link
4: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) Far too many entering Parliament do so feeling that they will fail if they do not get on to the Government - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) We do not have a mature democracy, we do not have strong state institutions and we are not protected, - Speech Link


Bill Documents
24 Nov 2021 - Briefing papers
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] 2021-22

Found: after being made, but which do not require to be approved by resolution or lie before Parliament for


Bill Documents
23 Nov 2021 - Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 23 November 2021
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

Found: the use of the Single Justice Procedure for Covid-19 offences, (d)the proportion of defendants who do


Bill Documents
23 Nov 2021 - Bill proceedings: Commons
All proceedings up to 23 November 2021 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

Found: under subsection (1) may only be made if the court considers that it is in the interest of justice to do


Bill Documents
19 Nov 2021 - Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 19 November 2021
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

Found: the use of the Single Justice Procedure for Covid-19 offences, (d)the proportion of defendants who do