Tag: Illegal Migration Bill
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Stephen Tierney and Alison L. Young: The House of Lords Constitution Committee Reports on the Illegal Migration Bill
The Constitution Committee has released its report on the Illegal Migration Bill 2022-23. The Committee raises a number of concerns, including its potential impact on the rule of law, human rights, devolution, delegated powers, and parliamentary scrutiny. We await the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights which will most likely comment in more…
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David Erdos: Leave to Remain? Data Protection’s ‘Immigration Exemption’ Returns to Court
With both the Illegal Migration Bill and the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill currently before Parliament, it is clear that both immigration control and data protection are high on the UK political agenda. Both areas have also been prominent before the courts. Moreover, litigation by the Open Rights Group and the The3million…
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Aileen Kavanagh: Is the Illegal Migration Act itself illegal? The Meaning and Methods of Section 19 HRA
The Illegal Migration Bill published on 7th March 2023 is one of the very few Bills in over 20 years to be laid before Parliament without a positive Statement of Compatibility under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998. Instead of affirming that the Bill complies with rights, the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, availed of the power…