“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
“Parliamentary legislation is excessively complex and its confusions undermine the rule of law, according to the official in charge of drafting government statutes.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government is to block plans to reform Britain’s ‘chilling’ libel laws and to prevent large companies from silencing their critics with the threat of being sued.”
The Independent, 15th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Today we will see the beginning of the end of the passage of the Justice and Security Bill through Parliament: the process commonly known as parliamentary ‘ping-pong’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Peers vote on Tuesday on whether to restore extra safeguards to the justice and security bill – amendments that the government has warned will make the expansion of secret courts unworkable.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peers intend to change justice and security bill as it shuttles between houses of parliament, government is warned.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s largest newspaper groups are on a collision course with the Government over press regulation, after last night signalling their anger at the imposition of ‘several deeply contentious’ issues in a Royal Charter announced in Parliament by the Prime Minister.”
The Independent, 19th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After much political manoeuvring over the weekend, a deal has been struck on the Royal Charter to implement Leveson. A key point is that it will prevent the Charter being unilaterally changed by future governments.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th March 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“PM’s ejector-seat diplomacy over Leveson leaves him facing a complex parliamentary battle.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Lords voted on Monday to outlaw discrimination against people on the basis of their caste.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former head of the judiciary, Lord Woolf, has thrown his support behind plans to allow more civil courts to examine secret intelligence in private.”
BBC News, 4th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Peers have staged a partial climbdown in their clash with the government over the introduction of Leveson-style controls on the press.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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