tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post8907271746338589260..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Does repeal of the Human Rights Act require Sewel consent?Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-6821621436810540732015-06-18T21:45:52.399+01:002015-06-18T21:45:52.399+01:00Quite so. I suspect it is what things may come to....Quite so. I suspect it is what things may come to. Agitate against repeal, certainly -- but there are political opportunities there too, for Scottish politicians with any vision.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-82047671557232986632015-06-18T14:03:21.122+01:002015-06-18T14:03:21.122+01:00Ah, excellent! It would be lovely to see Holyrood ...Ah, excellent! It would be lovely to see Holyrood start to talk about, as you suggested, the human rights of the child or the like as the repeal debate rages on down south. That would be a real example of the divergence between Edinburgh and London in action...Sartorial Oratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511509997066822802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-34300022305686339032015-06-18T13:57:49.067+01:002015-06-18T13:57:49.067+01:00Yup. Perfectly possible. I argued for the Scottish...Yup. Perfectly possible. <a href="http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/devolution-graylings-human-rights-petard.html" rel="nofollow">I argued for the Scottish Parliament to do precisely this back in October of last year.</a> I think it is also perfectly clear that a replacement British Bill of Rights <i>would</i> require Holyrood's consent. I doubt the majority would give it. Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-71135768068795069942015-06-18T13:23:21.328+01:002015-06-18T13:23:21.328+01:00My ignorance is no doubt showing here, but I can&#...My ignorance is no doubt showing here, but I can't help but wonder. Since human rights is a devolved matter, would it not be possible for the Scottish Parliament to pass an Act which mirrors the Human Rights Act 1998 in all matters relating to devolved competence, in light of (or indeed, in anticipation of) a repeal? Clearly, such an Act would not offer the full blooded protection of the current Human Rights Act if it cannot be applied in respect of reserved matters, but passing such an Act would surely do a great deal to politically harm the notion that whatever Westminster cooks up is really a 'British Bill of Rights'. It would certainly exacerbate any constitutional crisis if those north of the Tweed were imbued with directly enforceable human rights, while those south of it were dependent on citizenship; is this constitutionally illiterate or, perhaps, something for the Scottish Parliament to consider?Sartorial Oratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511509997066822802noreply@blogger.com