Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]: call for evidence
24 October 2024
Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords], which is currently passing through Parliament?
If so, you can submit your views in writing to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee which is going to consider this Bill.
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The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration. The Public Bill Committee will scrutinise the Bill line by line. The Public Bill Committee will only meet on Wednesday 13 November 2024 to consider the Bill. When the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the expected deadline of 5.00pm on Wednesday 13 November 2024. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible. |
Aims of the Bill
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] is a government bill that would change the status of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) so the government could treat them in a similar way to international organisations of which the UK is a member. This would mean that the government may confer privileges and immunities on the organisations and certain personnel through an Order in Council. Before an Order in Council is made, the proposed order would be subject to the draft affirmative procedure in Parliament.
Follow the progress of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords] was introduced in the House of Commons on 9 October 2024. The bill’s second reading was held on 22 October 2024.
- Bills before Parliament: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL]
- Read Explanatory Notes: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL]
- House of Commons Library Briefing Paper
There will be no oral evidence sessions held for this Bill.
Guidance on submitting written evidence
Deadline for written evidence submissions
The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration and possibly reflect it in an amendment. The order in which amendments are taken in Committee will be available in due course under Selection of Amendments on the Bill documents pages. Once the Committee has dealt with an amendment it will not revisit it.
The Public Bill Committee will only meet on Wednesday 13 November 2024 to consider the Bill. When the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the expected deadline of 5.00pm on Wednesday 13 November 2024. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible.
Your submission should be emailed to scrutiny@parliament.uk
Further guidance on submitting written evidence can be found here (pdf, 1MB).
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