Introduced Bills (2023)
Request
The number and short title of all bills introduced to the House of Commons in the coming into force of section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 about which the minister in charge of the bill has made a statement under section 19(1)(b).
Response
We have interpreted your request to mean the number of bills which have invoked section 19(1)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998, including the titles of these bills.
This information is held by the House of Commons.
There have been six bills introduced to the House of Commons where the minister in charge of the bill has made a statement under section 19(1)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998. A section 19 is published on the front of the Bill when it is first published in each House, and it is also mentioned in the Explanatory Notes to the Bill. The titles of these bills are as follows:
• Local Government Bill [Lords] 1999-2000
• Communications Bills 2002-03
• Civil Partnership Bill [Lords] 2003-04
• House of Lords Reform Bill 2010-12
• Northern Ireland Executive Formation Bill 2017-19.
• Illegal Migration Bill 2022-23