EHRC HoL briefing on the Immigration Bill Equality and Human Rights Commission 1 min read07 September 2020 Partner content The Equality and Human Rights Commission as given written evidence to the House of Lords on the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, for Committee Stage debate which starts today. Our evidence recommends strengthening the Bill in four priority areas to help safeguard equality and human rights: Protecting Parliament’s role in scrutinising the UK’s equality and human rights legal framework, by narrowing the scope of delegated powers and improving transparency and scrutiny Ensuring that equality and human rights laws that are derived from EU directives continue to be recognised and available in domestic law Ensuring immigration detention is used only as a time time-limited measure of last resort Protecting access to essential public services by preventing data sharing for immigration enforcement purposes You can read the full briefing here. Related Labour Economist: Paying More Taxes Will Make People Happier By Sophie Church 20 Jul