The Justice Committee question Sir Peter Gross QC, who was the
Chair of the independent review of the UK’s Human Rights
Act.
Purpose of the session
The Independent Review made a number of recommendations to
Government on how the Act should be updated. The session will
explore these recommendations and the extent to which they are
reflected in the Government’s proposals to replace the Act with a
Bill of Rights, which were published alongside the Independent
Review in December.
MPs will examine the case for changing the UK’s Human Rights Act
and look at the areas that the Government are focused on
reforming. Questions are likely on the Review’s recommendation to
amend section 2 of the Human Rights Act so that the courts
consider UK legislation and case law before looking to the case
law of the European Court of Human Rights, following concern in
the Review that the courts have given “insufficient prominence”
to UK statute, common law and case law in its interpretation of
the Act. The session will also investigate the Review’s analysis
of the Act’s impact on the relationship between the judiciary,
the executive and the legislature.
Witnesses
Tuesday 1 February 2022
from 2.30pm:
- Sir Peter Gross QC, Panel Chair, Independent Review of the
Human Rights Act
