§ 3.35 p.m.
§ The Attorney-General (Lord Williams of Mostyn)My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Jay of Paddington, I beg to move the Motion standing in her name on the Order Paper.
Moved, That it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider and report on:
to report to the House:
- (a) matters relating to human rights in the United Kingdom (but excluding consideration of individual cases);
- (b) proposals for remedial orders, draft remedial orders and remedial orders made under Section 10 of and laid under Schedule 2 to the Human Rights Act 1998; and
- (c) in respect of draft remedial orders and remedial orders, whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to them on any of the grounds specified in Standing Order 73 (Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments);
and to have power to report to the House on any matter arising from its consideration of the said proposals or draft orders; and
- (a) in relation to any document containing proposals laid before the House under paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 2, its recommendation whether a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House; or
- (b) in relation to any draft order laid under paragraph 2 of the said Schedule 2, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved;
to report to the House in respect of any original order laid under paragraph 4 of the said Schedule 2, its recommendation whether: 234
and to have power to report to the House on any matter arising from its consideration of the said order or any replacement order.—(Lord Williams of Mostyn.)
- (a) the order should be approved in the form in which it was originally laid before Parliament; or
- (b) that the order should be replaced by a new order modifying the provisions of the original order: or
- (c) that the order should not be approved,
On Question, Motion agreed to, and a message was ordered to be sent to the Commons to acquaint them therewith and to seek their concurrence.