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Parliamentary Report
February–May 2016
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 August 2016
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On 9 May, the EU Justice Sub-Committee of the House of Lords, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, published a report on the Government's proposals to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a new Bill of Rights – and suggested that there was a forceful case for a Government rethink:
The proposals the Secretary of State outlined did not appear to depart significantly from the Human Rights Act – we note in particular that all the rights contained within the ECHR are likely to be affirmed in any British Bill of Rights. His evidence left us unsure why a British Bill of Rights was really necessary. If a Bill of Rights is not intended to change significantly the protection of human rights in the UK, we recommend the Government give careful thought before proceeding with this policy … the repeal of the Human Rights Act and its replacement by a Bill of Rights would be a constitutional change of the greatest significance.
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1 Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations 2 and 3.
2 Section 1(9), emphasis in original.
3 [2015] NIQB 96.
4 Available at <https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508321/Review_of_Crematoria_Provision_and_Facilities_2016.pdf>, accessed 18 April 2016.