“The Government says it will not oppose a parliamentary bill that would quash the 1952 ‘gross indecency’ conviction.”
The Independent, 20th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has called on the Government to allow Parliament to scrutinise its intention to opt-out of more than 130 EU criminal justice measures properly. This comes as a Motion to Approve the opt-out has been scheduled for Monday 15 July, rather than full parliamentary scrutiny.”
The Bar Council, 12th July 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Same-sex marriage in England and Wales is a step closer to becoming law after the House of Lords approved the change.”
BBC News, 15th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“While MPs were dreaming of the imminent long summer break and a possible pay hike, in mid-June the Government produced the draft amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules (‘CPR’) necessary to bring Part 2 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (‘JSA’) into force. Many – including JUSTICE – consider the Act’s introduction of closed material procedures (‘CMP’) into civil proceedings unfair, unnecessary and unjustified.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The government’s plan for a new press regulator has been officially put back to the autumn after a privy council meeting on Wednesday referred the matter to a new committee.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A roundtable meeting took place yesterday at the House of Commons, speakers included Andy Slaughter MP, Sadiq Khan MP, Emily Thornberry MP, Lord Willy Bach and Jeremy Beecham. Gemma Blythe reports.”
LegalVoice, 10th July 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“An extradition treaty to pave the way for Abu Qatada’s removal from Britain
after a near decade-long saga has been approved by Parliament.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“On the 20 of May the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (the PCR) published its report on legislative scrutiny standards titled ‘Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation’. The Report contains two eye catching and ambitious proposals for parliamentary reform: the creation of a joint committee on legislative standards and the adoption of a code of legislative standards. This blog is about the second of these proposals. The proposal is a significant one, and if implemented it would dramatically improve the information available to parliamentarians in their scrutiny of government bills. The PCR’s code is in effect a series of questions and demands for information relating to the content and to the timetable of a bill, that the government would answer within the explanatory notes to a bill. In this blog post, I draw attention to the code proposed by the PRC and I offer a critique of their approach, and in particular of the decision not to include substantive legislative standards.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 14th June 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“Solicitors and barristers will have to adjust to ‘the new circumstances’ they are facing as a result of legal aid and other reforms ‘if they are going to survive’, justice minister Lord McNally said yesterday.”
Legal Futures, 4th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The Queen’s Speech sets out the government’s legislative programme for the next
year. Here is a guide to all the bills in it.”
BBC News, 8th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ahead of the 2013 state opening of parliament, we look at how long the Queen’s speech has been over the last two decades, and how many bills it introduced.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of thousands of people who care for elderly or disabled relations will be given new rights to state support for the first time, Norman Lamb, the Care and Support Minister, says.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Consumer rights covering products such as cars and white goods are to be extended to apps and music downloads in a consumer bill of rights to be unveiled in the Queen’s speech on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Should parliament give itself more powers? That’s the intriguing question posed by a paper to be published next week by the Constitution Society, an educational charity established five years ago.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Following the MPs’ expenses scandal, the then newly-founded Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) decided that it would not routinely publish images of the receipts submitted to IPSA by MPs in support of their expenses claims. Rather, only text transcribed from the submitted receipts was to be published.”
Panopticon, 29th April 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“The House of Lords has approved Government plans to prevent companies from being
automatically liable for some workplace injuries after a second vote on the
issue.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th April 2013
Soure: www.out-law.com
“The increasing use emergency legislation, lack of adequate debating time and insertion of last-minute amendments are preventing effective parliamentary scrutiny of new laws, a committee has said.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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