Parliament The Immigration Bill has completed its passage through the House of Commons and had first reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is scheduled for 22 December. SNP MP Neil Gray initiated a Westminster Hall debate on benefit sanctions. Mr Gray expressed concern that sanctions are being imposed too hastily and with increasing … Continue reading
Parliament The House of Lords has voted to delay the implementation of the Draft Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 until reports on the impact of the changes have been presented to Parliament. The Regulations would reduce the income threshold for Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. The Immigration … Continue reading
Parliament The Immigration Bill is due to have its second reading in the Commons on 13 October. Among other things, the Bill would extend changes to appeal rights introduced by the Immigration Act 2014, in order to enable the Home Secretary to remove from the UK migrants who are appealing against a refusal of a … Continue reading
Robert Thomas, School of Law, University of Manchester This blog contribution is drawn from a paper delivered at a conference organised by Bangor Law School on 10th September 2015 entitled “Administrative Justice in Wales and Comparative Perspectives”. The purpose of the paper was to provide a broad overview of current and future developments across tribunals, … Continue reading
Parliament On 10 September Parliament will debate the findings of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration’s Inquiry into immigration detention. Appointments to the newly formed Intelligence and Security Committee have been announced. Members include former Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, Angus Robertson, Westminster leader of the SNP, and George Howarth, who was a member of … Continue reading