In order to enhance our service to those who need out help, BritishHongKong has now installed a call centre. Thank you. • 01312081008 UK • 81913221 Hong Kong • 00441312081008 (calls from outside HK and the UK) Updating…
Legislative Scruting: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill 9th Report of Session 2008-09 In this report, we welcome the introduction of the new positive duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the discharge of immigration, asylum, nationality and customs functions. This is a human rights enhancing measure which is a long overdue reversal [...]
Asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in deciding how to abide by the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v United Kingdom, they will have regard to (a) the reasoning in the judgment of 8 December 2008 of Judge Andrew Cheung in the Court [...]
12 January 2009 House of Lords Asked by Lord Laird To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have ratified the Fourth Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; whether they intend to incorporate Article 1 of the Protocol (prohibition of imprisonment for debt); whether persons may be imprisoned [...]