COMMUNITY LAW, CONVENTION RIGHTS ETC.

HC Deb 18 November 1998 vol 319 cc1038-9

Lords amendment: No. 50, in page 10, line 1, at end insert (", confirm or approve").

Mr. Ingram

I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this, it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 51 to 55.

Mr. Ingram

The amendments make drafting and technical improvements to clause 19, which prevents Ministers and Northern Ireland Departments from doing things—including making legislation—which are incompatible with rights under the European convention on human rights or European Union law, or which involve discrimination on grounds of religious belief or political opinion. They enable us to set out clearly the possible conduct that we intend to prevent, and to bring certain additional matters within the scope of the clause so as to bring it into line with other provisions of the Bill.

Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 51 to 61 agreed to.