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June to September 2023

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2024

Frank Cranmer*
Affiliation:
Fellow, St Chad's College, Durham Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University

Extract

The Bill of Rights Bill was withdrawn on 27 June, signalling what appears to be a major change of policy. After the withdrawal announcement had been made, The Times quoted Dominic Raab as suggesting that ‘All the wrong people will celebrate’ – among whom is your correspondent.

Type
Parliamentary Report
Copyright
Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2024

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References

1 M Dathan, ‘Dominic Raab Rages as Bill of Rights is Binned for Good’, The Times, 28 June 2023.

2 Attorney General's Office, ‘Attorney General Delivers Speech on the Rule of Law’, 10 July 2023, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/attorney-general-delivers-speech-on-the-rule-of-law?, accessed 26 October 2023.

3 M Dathan, ‘No 10 Backs Threat to Leave Human Rights Convention’, The Times, 28 September 2023.

4 HL Deb 24 May 2023, vol 830 c131GC.

5 HL Deb 13 July 2023, vol 831 c1938.

7 House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill: Fourth Report of Session 2022–23, HC 1359, 27 July 2023, para 39 (emphasis added).

8 Nor to the Channel Islands – but the Deaneries of Jersey and Guernsey are not dioceses in any case.

9 Available at <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/864/contents/made>, accessed 26 October 2023.

13 Available at <https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3054/>, accessed 26 October 2023.

15 Anglice ‘burial plots’.

16 Available at <https://consult.gov.scot/burial-cremation/consultation-collection/>, accessed 26 October 2023.

17 Butler-Sloss & Ors v The Charity Commission for England and Wales & Anor [2022] EWHC 974 (Ch).

18 Charity Commission, ‘Investing Charity Money: A Guide for Trustees’, 1 August 2023, available at <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-and-investment-matters-a-guide-for-trustees-cc14/charities-and-investment-matters-a-guide-for-trustees>, accessed 26 October 2023.

19 HMRC, ‘Approved Charitable Investments and Loans’, 2 August 2023, available at <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-detailed-guidance-notes/annex-iii-approved-charitable-investments-and-loans>, accessed 26 October 2023.