Tag: parliamentary scrutiny
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Events: Public Law Lecture 2024 / Bingham Centre Conference on Brown Commission
***** Constitutional Reform in the UK: A Conference on the Brown Commission Report (Part Two) 1 March 2024 | 09.00 – 17.00 British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5JP At the end of 2022, the Brown Commission published its final report, ‘A New Britain: Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding…
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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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Oliver Garner and Tom West: Brexit ‘Freedoms’, Risks and Opportunities? Certainty and uncertainty in the revision of retained EU Law
On 31 January 2022, the second anniversary of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, the UK government proposed a new ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’. The ‘Benefits of Brexit’ Policy Paper outlines the objectives of this Bill as ‘reviewing retained EU law to meet the UK’s priorities’ and ‘allowing changes to be made to retained EU law more…
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Daniella Lock and Tanzil Chowdhury: Expansions of Executive Power and Weakening of Democratic Safeguards in 2021
The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group published its first annual report in 2021. It described the UK Government as ‘set upon legislating over a range of substantial matters with a constitutional dimension’, with its overall programme being ‘notable for its scale, the speed with which it is being implemented’ and this being ‘far from a model of…
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Fiona de Londras, Daniella Lock and Pablo Grez Hidalgo: COVID passes and the ongoing abuse of ‘urgent’ law-making
Later today the House of Commons will consider the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and events) (England) Regulations 2021, which introduce a system mandating the use of COVID passes (or, in formal parlance, ‘COVID status certifications’). These Regulations are being made using the emergency provisions contained in s. 45R of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act…
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Fiona de Londras: Six-Monthly Votes on the Coronavirus Act 2020: A Meaningful Mode of Review?
A year since the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent, Parliament will today (25 March 2021) once more debate the Coronavirus Act 2020 and its effects, effectiveness, and continuation. The Coronavirus Act 2020 is a touchpoint in the legal and regulatory response to the pandemic. At the time of its passage it received very limited…