Human Rights Act for Care Home residents

[Suvv]

You may be interested to know that if someone is in a care home and the fees are paid by the local authority then they are covered under the Human Rights Act but if they pay for their own care the Act does not apply. The Lords added a clause to correct this but the HOC rejected their amendment. More info and a petition can be found on the AGE UK site Here. Please sign if you agree.

 

[wontolla]

Done. I'm getting close to that situation!

 

[onomatopoeia]

The ECHR and the HRA which gives it form in UK statute are about providing the public with remedies against the actions of the public authorities. It is not intended to regulate private contractual matters between individuals / companies in which the public authorities have no hand. It is a fairly massive extension of the scope of human rights legislation give it direct effect on a private contractual matter.

The parliamentary committee report on this clause makes for interesting reading, and people should read it before making up their mind.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201314/jtselect/jtrights/121/12107.htm

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

Signed.

 

[Big Andy]

The ECHR and the HRA which gives it form in UK statute are about providing the public with remedies against the actions of the public authorities. It is not intended to regulate private contractual matters between individuals / companies in which the public authorities have no hand. It is a fairly massive extension of the scope of human rights legislation give it direct effect on a private contractual matter.

The parliamentary committee report on this clause makes for interesting reading, and people should read it before making up their mind.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201314/jtselect/jtrights/121/12107.htm

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

The ECHR and the HRA which gives it form in UK statute are about providing the public with remedies against the actions of the public authorities. It is not intended to regulate private contractual matters between individuals / companies in which the public authorities have no hand. It is a fairly massive extension of the scope of human rights legislation give it direct effect on a private contractual matter.

The parliamentary committee report on this clause makes for interesting reading, and people should read it before making up their mind.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201314/jtselect/jtrights/121/12107.htm

Just trying to work that out. So the wrong choice of organisation is having to deal with clause 48 which is a much needed fix everyone agrees. But it was rushed in to the wrong slot, the government said so at the time, but nonethless had to wait for the second time round to vote it out again; 1.Because the system evolved again and doesn't support the clause48 very well at all now, and 2.The gov intend to fix the problem properly with the new system, which they promise to get round to writing in soon, after they've withdrawn the clause that was rushed in because it was needed ...is that about right, or close? : )