Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Human Rights Act Reform

Status: Closed Opened: 11 Jan 2022 Closed: 2 Oct 2023 1 report

The Government has launched a three-month consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. The consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposals to revise the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights. It follows a report from the Independent Human Rights Act Review Panel which examined how the Human Rights Act …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirteenth Report - Human Rights Act Reform HC 1033 13 Apr 2022 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
11 May 2022 Alyson Kilpatrick · Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Barbara Bolton · Scottish Human Rights Commission, Brian Gormally · Committee on the Administration of Justice, Charles Whitmore · Wales Governance Centre and Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Professor Aileen McHarg · Durham Law School, Durham University, The Baroness Falkner of Margravine · Equality and Human Rights Commission View ↗
9 Feb 2022 Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC · Doughty Street Chambers, Elizabeth Prochaska · 11 King's Bench Walk, Professor Conor Gearty QC · The London School of Economics, Schona Jolly QC · Bar Human Rights Committee View ↗
2 Feb 2022 The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC · Ministry of Justice View ↗
26 Jan 2022 Dr Hélène Tyrrell · Newcastle University, Lord Mance · The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Professor Adam Tomkins · University of Glasgow, Professor Alison Young · University of Cambridge View ↗