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Opinions on how the Government have handled the coronavirus outbreak
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Hancock threatened with judicial review if he seeks to amend lockdown again bypassing parliament
The law enforcing the lockdown is one of the most draconian introduced by any British government in peacetime. It may not feel like that, but that is because the lockdown has widespread public support. On paper the powers taken by the state have been extraordinary (as even the Sun newspaper has twigged).
Yet ministers have managed to introduce these rules without putting a bill through parliament. The lockdown has been imposed under the Public Health Act 1984 using secondary legislation. The actual regulations have only received minimal parliamentary scrutiny.
In a letter (pdf) to Matt Hancock, the health secretary, the Good Law Project claims this is illegal. It says:
Maugham is not taking Hancock to court - yet. But he reserves the right to do so. In its letter, the Good Law Project says it supports the aim of the lockdown. But it says that restrictions as sweeping as this should not be introduced via a mechanism that does not allow full parliamentary scrutiny, and it says it might launch a legal challenge using judicial review if Hancock tries to amend the lockdown again using the 1984 act.
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They are right however you look at it, even if you only view it as an academic point. What's worrying, is that it could set a precedent to be used further on down the line, and that's what needs to be scrutinised, and stomped on if necessary because we know that if this government is given an inch it will attempt to take a mile.
The law enforcing the lockdown is one of the most draconian introduced by any British government in peacetime. It may not feel like that, but that is because the lockdown has widespread public support. On paper the powers taken by the state have been extraordinary (as even the Sun newspaper has twigged).
Yet ministers have managed to introduce these rules without putting a bill through parliament. The lockdown has been imposed under the Public Health Act 1984 using secondary legislation. The actual regulations have only received minimal parliamentary scrutiny.
In a letter (pdf) to Matt Hancock, the health secretary, the Good Law Project claims this is illegal. It says:
It is not unusual to hear lawyers make arguments like this, but Hancock might be advised to take it seriously. It is run by Jolyon Maugham QC and it was one of the parties involved in the successful attempt to get the supreme court last year to rule Boris Johnson’s prorogation illegal.For the emergency procedure under section 45R of the 1984 act to be used, a minister must declare that s/he “of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make the order without a draft being so laid and approved”. This provision must be interpreted in the light of the authorities referred to above which confirm parliamentary accountability as a fundamental constitutional principle ...
We simply do not understand how the amendment regulations were so urgent that it was not possible to put them to votes in both houses. There was no justification for parliamentary accountability to be jettisoned. It is inconceivable that parliament, when passing the 1984 act, would have conceived that the emergency procedure would be used repeatedly in order to avoid parliamentary accountability over the course of months.
Maugham is not taking Hancock to court - yet. But he reserves the right to do so. In its letter, the Good Law Project says it supports the aim of the lockdown. But it says that restrictions as sweeping as this should not be introduced via a mechanism that does not allow full parliamentary scrutiny, and it says it might launch a legal challenge using judicial review if Hancock tries to amend the lockdown again using the 1984 act.
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They are right however you look at it, even if you only view it as an academic point. What's worrying, is that it could set a precedent to be used further on down the line, and that's what needs to be scrutinised, and stomped on if necessary because we know that if this government is given an inch it will attempt to take a mile.
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The more I see of Hancock, the more I am convinced that he is a completely 'empty vessel'.
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I think Hancock might as well get the word "SCAPEGOAT" tattooed on his forehead now, to save time and any confusion later.
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I did check, and she is indeed on the board of the Jockey Club.
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FFS. Abba were right. Money , money, money.
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Starmer is tearing Johnson apart at PMQs.
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Regrettably, figuratively rather than actually....