European Convention on Human Rights
202.Section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 requires the Minister in charge of a Bill in either House of Parliament to make a statement before the Second Reading about the compatibility of the provisions of the Bill with the Convention rights (as defined by section 1 of that Act). The then Minister of State for the Home Department (the Department responsible for introducing the Bill, since which time responsibility has passed the Ministry of Justice), Baroness Scotland of Asthal, made the following statement:
““In my view the provisions of the Offender Management Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.””