“The Queen’s Speech sets out the government’s legislative programme for the next
year. Here is a guide to all the bills in it.”
BBC News, 8th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
At-a-glance: Queen’ Speech 2013 bill-by-bill – BBC News
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Queen’s speeches since 1994: how many bills did they introduce? – The Guardian
“Ahead of the 2013 state opening of parliament, we look at how long the Queen’s speech has been over the last two decades, and how many bills it introduced.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Carers to receive legal rights under new laws – Daily Telegraph
“Hundreds of thousands of people who care for elderly or disabled relations will be given new rights to state support for the first time, Norman Lamb, the Care and Support Minister, says.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Queen’s speech: consumer bill of rights to cover faulty apps or downloads – The Guardian
“Consumer rights covering products such as cars and white goods are to be extended to apps and music downloads in a consumer bill of rights to be unveiled in the Queen’s speech on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Should parliament give itself more powers? – The Guardian
“Should parliament give itself more powers? That’s the intriguing question posed by a paper to be published next week by the Constitution Society, an educational charity established five years ago.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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MPs’ expenses: copies of receipts are subject to FOIA – Panopticon
“Following the MPs’ expenses scandal, the then newly-founded Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) decided that it would not routinely publish images of the receipts submitted to IPSA by MPs in support of their expenses claims. Rather, only text transcribed from the submitted receipts was to be published.”
Panopticon, 29th April 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
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Justice and Security Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk
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Health and safety automatic civil liability to end as House of Lords accepts Government’s plans – OUT-LAW.com
“The House of Lords has approved Government plans to prevent companies from being
automatically liable for some workplace injuries after a second vote on the
issue.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th April 2013
Soure: www.out-law.com
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Fast-track legislation preventing proper scrutiny, says rights committee – The Guardian
“The increasing use emergency legislation, lack of adequate debating time and insertion of last-minute amendments are preventing effective parliamentary scrutiny of new laws, a committee has said.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Complexity of parliamentary legislation ‘undermining the rule of law’ – The Guardian
“Parliamentary legislation is excessively complex and its confusions undermine the rule of law, according to the official in charge of drafting government statutes.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Blow to freedom of speech as key libel reform the Defamation Bill is blocked – The Independent
“The Government is to block plans to reform Britain’s ‘chilling’ libel laws and to prevent large companies from silencing their critics with the threat of being sued.”
The Independent, 15th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Justice and Security Bill: The “Secret Courts” Endgame? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Today we will see the beginning of the end of the passage of the Justice and Security Bill through Parliament: the process commonly known as parliamentary ‘ping-pong’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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Lords to vote on restoring safeguards to plan for secret courts – The Guardian
“Peers vote on Tuesday on whether to restore extra safeguards to the justice and security bill – amendments that the government has warned will make the expansion of secret courts unworkable.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Lords plan parliamentary ‘ping pong’ to win battle over secret courts – The Guardian
“Peers intend to change justice and security bill as it shuttles between houses of parliament, government is warned.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Politicians agree deal on post-Leveson Royal Charter for press regulation – but Daily Mail Group, News International and Telegraph Media Group refuse to sign up – The Independent
“Britain’s largest newspaper groups are on a collision course with the Government over press regulation, after last night signalling their anger at the imposition of ‘several deeply contentious’ issues in a Royal Charter announced in Parliament by the Prime Minister.”
The Independent, 19th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jacob Rowbottom: Entrenching a Royal Charter – some initial thoughts – UK Constitutional Law Group
“After much political manoeuvring over the weekend, a deal has been struck on the Royal Charter to implement Leveson. A key point is that it will prevent the Charter being unilaterally changed by future governments.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th March 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
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Cameron pulls the plug on press talks – and sets stage for fight – The Guardian
“PM’s ejector-seat diplomacy over Leveson leaves him facing a complex parliamentary battle.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Caste discrimination should be outlawed, say Lords – The Guardian
“The House of Lords voted on Monday to outlaw discrimination against people on the basis of their caste.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Secret courts: Former top judge Lord Woolf backs government changes – BBC News
“The former head of the judiciary, Lord Woolf, has thrown his support behind plans to allow more civil courts to examine secret intelligence in private.”
BBC News, 4th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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