International Law

Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill - short call for evidence by June 12th 2008

The Joint Select Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (.pdf) has issued a public call for evidence:

Joint Committee on the Constitutional Renewal Bill call for evidence (.pdf)

According to their Press Release:

"The Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill has been heralded by the Government as a chance for Parliament to hold them to account more effectively and we will seek to find out how this can be achieved.

"We will look at the Bill in its entirety and are interested in receiving evidence from any interested parties who can give us their insights into how the proposals in the Draft Bill will affect Parliament's ability to scrutinise the Government."

Below are some comments on:

• Protests
• Part 6 - power of Ministers to amend the Act by Order
• Treaties
• Civil Service
• Abuse of the Bill of Rights to suppress Freedom of Information etc

and details of how to send in your evidence to the Joint Committee by the June 12th deadline i.e. in less than a month

Full post as published by Spy Blog on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).