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No10 denies dodging scrutiny after Patel and Raab postpone committee appearances

Government ministers are not avoiding scrutiny, a Downing Street spokesman has said, after both Dominic Raab and Priti Patel pulled out of parliamentary committee appearances. Dominic Raab, on Thursday, cancelled an appearance at the Joint Committee ...

14 Jul 2022 at 18:38

Human rights of people in care at risk due to slow progress on visiting – report

The human rights of people in care are at risk of being breached by slow progress on enabling visits and the inappropriate use of resuscitation notices, a report has warned. Restrictions introduced during the pandemic are still keeping loved ones ...

22 Jul 2022 at 13:52

Bill of Rights ‘harmful and unwelcome’, says Scottish Government

The UK Government’s proposed Bill of Rights is “harmful and unwelcome”, the Scottish Government has said in response to a consultation. The highly controversial legislation would replace the Human Rights Act and mean the UK would not have to ...

04 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Illegal Migration Bill breaches UK human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

The Illegal Migration Bill breaches a “number of the UK’s human rights obligations”, MPs and peers have warned ministers. Most asylum seekers arriving in the UK after the flagship legislation has been passed would have their claim “declared ...

11 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Rwanda Bill incompatible with UK’s human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

Rishi Sunak’s proposed Rwanda asylum law is “fundamentally incompatible” with the UK’s human rights obligations and would flout international law, MPs and peers have warned. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights said the ...

12 Feb 2024 at 00:01

Government ‘sorry on behalf of society’ for treatment of unmarried mothers

A lack of formal Government apology to unmarried mothers who faced “appalling treatment” in decades past, including unwanted adoptions, has been labelled “disappointing”. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) had called ...

03 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Sunak urged by MPs to abandon ‘damaging’ Bill of Rights

Rishi Sunak is facing calls to abandon the Government’s controversial attempt to overhaul human rights legislation amid a warning that it would seriously damage people’s ability to enforce their rights. A cross-party ...

25 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Government legacy bill risks breaches of human rights law, committee finds

Proposed Government legislation to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles risks widespread breaches of human rights law, a Westminster committee has found. The Joint Committee on Human Rights has urged ...

26 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Islamic State fighters who returned to UK must face justice, says committee

Fighters with the so-called Islamic State (IS) group who returned to the UK after killings, terror attacks and persecution of minorities in Iraq and Syria must face justice, a committee of MPs and peers has said. ...

13 May 2025 at 00:01

Foreign repression on UK soil rising ‘unchecked’, MPs and peers warn

Foreign states are becoming bolder in their attempts to silence dissidents in the UK and the Government must take stronger action, parliamentarians have warned. In a report published on Wednesday, the Joint ...

30 Jul 2025 at 00:01

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