Latest news March 2022

ILPA's oral evidence to Home affairs committee

ILPA’s Oral Evidence to Home Affairs Committee and Response to Ministry of Justice Consultation on Human Rights Act Reform (9 March 2022)

 

ILPA’s Oral Evidence to Home Affairs Committee (9 March 2022)

ILPA’s Legal Director,  Zoe Bantleman, gave oral evidence to the Home Affairs Committee in a session on Home Office policy on Ukrainian refugees this morning. You can watch the session here. We are grateful to all who have informed our evidence by sharing their experiences with ILPA.

ILPA’s Response to Ministry of Justice Consultation on Human Rights Act Reform (8 March 2022)

ILPA has submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice’s ‘Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights’ consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. Our response can be read here.

Nationality and Borders Bill: ILPA's House of Lords Report Stage briefings

01/03/2022

The Nationality and Borders Bill will be considered during Report Stage in the House of Lords beginning on Monday 28 February 2022.

Here you will find a number of ILPA briefings as well as other briefings supported by ILPA.

 

Napier Barracks planning application

03/02/2022

Read ILPA’s statement on the Home Office Consultation on ‘Napier Barracks planning application’

Nationality Law in the Nationality and Borders Bill

26/01/2022

In this statement we address several nationality law aspects of the Bill.  As a priority, we are urging peers to amend inconsistencies in nationality law, and support the inclusion of further clauses to address fairness, discrimination, and the best interests of children.

Full statement here, and our Committee stage briefings.

The Rule of Law and Access to Justice in the Nationality and Borders Bill

24/01/2022

Read ILPA’s statement,

and our House of Lords Committee Stage briefings