Archive on the Human Rights Bill proceedings
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Archive on the Human Rights Bill proceedings - by topic
For key to table see bottom of page. These references
are to Hansard, the record of debates. The numbers in the right hand column
refer to the column numbers in the printed edition of Hansard, which are
also shown on the website. There are some points which may help you to use
this section:
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in this table.
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debate on each subject.
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| TOPIC |
HANSARD REFERENCE |
| Abolition of death penalty - s.21(5) |
LC1
492-506.
CC1
987-1009.
CR
1353-1356.
LCCA
2084-2088. |
| Appointment of UK judge at Strasbourg - s.18 |
LC3
1158-1162.
LR2
412-415.
CC5
572-573. |
| Article 13 and remedies |
LC1
466-481.
LR1
1263-1268.
LR2
381-388.
CC1
975-987. |
| Article 14 |
CC5
563-570. |
| Availability of legal aid |
LC3
1091-1094. |
| Channel Islands |
LR1
1303-1310.
CC2
464-475. |
| Declarations of incompatibility - s.4 |
LC1
541-549, 550-551.
CC2
437-462. |
| Human Rights Commission |
LC2
838-852.
L3R
820-828.
CR
1311-1323. |
| Impact of Bill on armed forces |
LR1
1352-1360. |
| Impact of Bill on Church of Scotland |
LC1
552-555.
LR1
1272-1289.
L3R
790-801.
CC1
1054-1056, 1063-1067.
CR
1343-1347. |
| Impact of Bill on churches generally - s.13 |
LC2
787-802.
LR1
1252-1263, 1319-1349.
LR2
395-398.
L3R
747-760, 770-788,
803-804.
C2R
779-780.
CC1
1014-1067.
CR
1337-1348.
LCCA
2089-2091. |
| Impact of Bill on the press - s.12 |
L2R
1229-1230.
LC2
771-787.
L3R
830-837, 840-842.
C2R
775-779.
CC5
534-563.
LCCA
2113-2114. |
| Implementation of Human Rights Act |
C3R
1359-1361. |
| Interpretation of legislation - s.3 |
LC1
518-524, 533-537.
LR1
1289-1295.
CC2
415-434. |
| Meaning of "public authority" -
s.6 |
LC2
754-759, 787-802,
809-816.
CC3
399-434. |
| Northern Ireland |
LC3
1151-1154. |
| Other rights and proceedings - s.13 |
LC3
1154-1158.
LR2
410-411 |
| Protocol 4 |
LC1
492-506. |
| Remedial orders - s.10 |
LC3
1099-1120, 1141-1151.
LR2
393-395, 399-409.
L3R
818-820.
CC4
1115-1142.
CR
1294-1308, 1325-1334.
LCCA
2104-2111. |
| Remedies for judicial acts - s.9 |
LC2
856-857.
LR2
388-393.
L3R
817-818. |
| Right of Crown to intervene - s.5 |
LC1
555-557.
CC3
391-399. |
| Scotland and devolution generally |
LC1
537-541.
LC2
804-809, 852-853.
LC3
1094-1099.
LR1
1302, 1317-1319,
1362-1368.
L3R
813-817.
CC2
413-414.
CC3
392.
LCCA
2092. |
| Statements of compatibility - s.19 |
LC3
1162-1166.
CR
1349-1352. |
| Strasbourg case law - s.2 |
LC1
511-516.
LR1
1268-1272.
CC2
388-413. |
| Test of standing - s.7 |
LC2
823-837.
L3R
805-811.
CC4
1058-1091. |
| Time limit for proceedings - s.7 |
CC4
1091-1100.
LCCA
2095-2102. |
| Tribunal jurisdiction - s.7(11) |
LC1
493-494.
LR1
1360-1362.
CC4
1109-1111.
LCCA
2102-2103. |
Key to table
Numbers in column 1 of the table are sections of the Act, and in column
2 are Hansard column references.
Abbreviations in column 2 refer to stages of the Bill:
03.11.97 L2R = Lords
Second Reading
18.11.97 LC1 = Lords
Committee - first day
24.11.97 LC2 = Lords
Committee - second day
27.11.97 LC3 = Lords
Committee - third day
19.01.98 LR1 = Lords
Report - first day
29.01.98 LR2 = Lords
Report - second day
05.02.98 L3R = Lords
Third Reading
16.02.98 C2R =Commons
Second Reading
20.05.98 CC1 =Commons
Committee - first day
03.06.98 CC2 = Commons
Committee - second day
17.06.98 CC3 = Commons
Committee - third day
24.06.98 CC4 = Commons
Committee - fourth day
02.07.98 CC5 = Commons
Committee - fifth day
21.10.98 CR = Commons
Report
21.10.98 C3R = Commons
Third Reading
29.10.98 LCCA = Lords
Consideration of Commons Amendments
