Found: informed the House of Commons on 27 June 2023 that the UK would not be proceeding with the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: Previous consideration of the British Bill of Rights Bill proposals by the Joint Parliamentary Committee

Found: For example, a poll conducted in March 15 For example, the Bill of Rights Bill consultation, which received

Found: Most notably this included the Safety of Rwanda Act and Bill of Rights Bill, both of which featured

Found: Immigration) Act 2024 6 See for example, the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 7 Such as the “Bill of Rights Bill

Found: Some examples include: ● The proposal to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights Bill, which

Found: A prime example of this was the consultation on the Bill of Rights Bill, where on some questions 90%

Found: A prime example of this was the consultation on the Bill of Rights Bill, where on some questions 90%

Found: infrastructure for people living in vehicles 502 Include a right to claim asylum in the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill Sir Peter Gross QC, Chair, Independent Human Rights Act Review

Found: 103 8th Draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022: Second ReportHC 834 HL 108 9th Bill of Rights Bill

Found: Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. 62 While the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: Implication of the Bill of Rights Bill for Northern Ireland The Committee took evidence in public

Found: We had a Bill of Rights Bill.

Found: Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill Sir Peter Gross QC, Chair, Independent Human Rights Act Review

Found: As the Joint Committee on Human Right concluded in its report on the now abandoned Bill of Rights Bill

Found: The Bill of Rights Bill introduced in 2022,30 if enacted, would have repealed section 3 of the Human

Found: The Commission has raised concern at the compliance of similar proposals under the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: , though not unprecedented, approach to primary legislation.33 Other examples include the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: provisions , 106 and have appeared in previous legislation on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: During the current Parliament the Government introduced a Bill of Rights Bill .

Found: , though not unprecedented, approach to primary legislation.33 Other examples include the Bill of Rights Bill

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Found: Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes damning report on the Bill of Rights Bill 3.

Found: House of Commons on 27 June 2023 that the UK Government will not be proceeding with the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: The previous Government intended to address this violation in the Bill of Rights Bill, which was introduced

Found: The previous Government intended to address this violation in the Bill of Rights Bill, which was introduced

Found: Specifically on the Bill of Rights Bill - under the previous Government, the then Lord Chancellor informed

Found: jury trial in a British Bill of Rights was introduced to Parliament on 22 June 2022.228 228 Bill of Rights: Bill

Found: jury trial in a British Bill of Rights was introduced to Parliament on 22 June 2022.228 228 Bill of Rights: Bill

Found: House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot  The UK Government’s Bill of Rights Bill

Found: states during the session include: • With relevance to reserved areas: o The Bill of Rights Bill

Found: The UK Bill of Rights Bill encountered significant cross - party opposition and failed to make progress

Found: sunset mechanism” and that existing requirements to mitigate this would be removed by the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: pursue a "hard Brexit", accompanied by a legislative agenda to that end, including: • the Bill of Rights Bill

Found: growing concern around divergence in the field of human rights relating to inter alia, the UK Bill of Rights Bill

Found: previous UK Government’s proposals to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) with a Bill of Rights Bill

Found: Martin Griffiths and Mrs Justice Nerys Jefford 2022-01-27 00:00:00 cyfarfod/meeting British Bill of Rights - Bill

Found: - governments-draft-budget-2023-24/ [accessed November 2023] George, J. (2023) The ‘Modern’ Bill of Rights Bill

Found: This year has seen human rights in the headlines – the UK Government’s Bill of Rights Bill was thankfully

Found: Update UK Government Bill of Rights Bill and Illegal Migration Act 2023 MSJCW re-iterated the news the

Found: with Ireland through energy collaboration,the potential negative impact of the proposed UK Bill of Rights Bill

Found: UK Government Bill of Rights Bill (BoRB): update and discussion MSJ provided an update on the December

Found: UK Government Bill of Rights Bill (BoRB): update and discussion CGMC summarised the recent developments

Found: Bill of Rights Bill of Rights The Bill is likely to include proposals to revoke and replace aspects of

Question

What discussions has the Counsel General had with the new Secretary of State for Wales regarding the defence of the European Convention on Human Rights?

Answered by Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution

I and the Minister for Social Justice have had meetings with UK Government Ministers, as well as with Welsh Stakeholders, since the consultation on replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) with a Bill of Rights was launched in December 2021, including a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister in February.    The Welsh Government submitted a response to this consultation in March, which set out how human rights, the HRA and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) have been “at the heart of devolution in Wales”. The Minister for Social Justice and I also issued a Written Statement when the Bill of Rights was introduced in the House of Commons on 22 June.

I also attended a meeting of the Cross-Party Group on Human Rights on 30 June and met the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović on 13 July.  The Bill of Rights Bill and the ECHR were the main topics of discussion at both meetings.

I have not yet had a meeting with the new Secretary of State for Wales, Robert Buckland MP, since he was appointed on 7 July.  When we meet, I intend to highlight again the Welsh Government’s substantial concerns about the Bill of Rights Bill.  Although the Deputy Prime Minister has recently confirmed that the UK will remain signatory to the ECHR, our concerns remain that the Bill could lead to regression on human rights in Wales and the UK.

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