Joint Committee On Human Rights - Fifteenth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 18 March 2008.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Bills drawn to the special attention of both Houses
1. Children and Young Persons Bill
The Effect of the Bill
Scope of the Human Rights Act: private providers of social work services
Placement with siblings
Independent Reviewing Officers
Religious persuasion
Further measures
Children subject to immigration control
Children in custody
2 Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Extreme pornography
Incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation
Self defence and use of force to prevent crime
Blasphemy
Violent Offender Orders
Nuisance or disturbance on NHS premises
Prohibition on industrial action by prison officers
Disclosure of convictions of sex offenders
3 Health and Social Care Bill
Committee amendments
The YL judgment and the scope of the Human Rights Act
Human rights in health and social care
Human rights framework for Care Quality Commission
Information and advocacy
Care standards
Professional qualifications and training
4 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
Access to donor information
The "need for a father"
Safeguards for personal information
Contracting out by the HFEA
Donor conception and birth certificates
Other issues raised by the Bill
Consent and stem cell use
Artificial gametes, research and fertility treatment
5 Sale of Student Loans Bill
Human rights issues
(1) Power of purchasers to alter repayment terms
(2) Future reductions in value of loans
(3) Information sharing
Annex: Proposed Committee amendments
Children and Young Persons Bill
Private providers of social work services
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Self defence and the use of force to prevent crime
Health and Social Care Bill
Health Protection Regulations
Public Health Orders
The YL judgment and the scope of the Human Rights Act
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Appendices
Appendix 1: Memorandum from Kevin Brennan
MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young
People and Families, Department for Children, Schools and Families,
dated 5 December 2007
Appendix 2: Letter from the Chairman to Kevin
Brennan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children,
Young People and Families, Department for Children, Schools and
Families, dated 12 December 2007
Appendix 3: Letter from Kevin Brennan MP,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People
and Families, Department for Children, Schools and Families,
dated 7 January 2008
Appendix 4: Letter from Vernon Coaker MP,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, dated 14
January 2008
Appendix 5: Letter from Maria Eagle MP, Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, dated 22 January
2008
Appendix 6: Letter from the Chairman to the
Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice,
dated 27 February 2008
Appendix 7: Letter from the Rt Hon David
Hanson MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, dated 12 March
2008
Appendix 8: Letter from the Chairman to Professor
the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State, Department of Health, dated 27 November 2007
Appendix 9: Memorandum by the Rt Hon Dawn
Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Public Health, Department
of Health, dated 14 December 2007
Appendix 10: Letter from the Chairman to
the Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation,
Universities and Skills, dated 17 December 2007
Appendix 11: Letter from Bill Rammell MP,
Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education,
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, dated 28
January 2008
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