This news story was updated on 9th September 2022 following confirmation from the Government that the Rights Removal Bill has been shelved. Today (7th September 2022), news outlets have been reporting that the UK Government will “shelve” plans for the Rights Removal Bill. You can read our CEO’s statement on this here. You can read our Easy Read news story about this here. What does it mean when a Bill is “shelved”? It means that the Government has decided not to proceed with the Bill – either for now or permanently. It doesn’t mean the Bill definitely won’t go ahead because the Government could simply put it off temporarily and pick it up again later. It could also mean that different aspects of the Bill could be made into separate proposals and introduced into parliament again, seeking to make lots of changes across a number of Bills. What would this mean for the Rights Removal Bill? The Rights Removal Bill was due to have its Second Rea…

This post was originally published on British Institute of Human Rights News .