Judicial Review and Courts Bill — Clause 2 — Exclusion of Review of Upper Tribunal’s Permission-to-Appeal Decisions — Scotland — 25 Jan 2022 at 16:13

The majority of MPs voted to remove the ability to seek a judicial review of a decision by the Upper Tribunal on if to allow an appeal from the First-tier Tribunal, even in Scotland.

MPs were considering the Judicial Review and Courts Bill.^[1][2][3]

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

• Amendment 43, page 4, line 19, at end insert—
• ‘(8) This section does not extend to Scotland.’.

The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:

• This amendment would ensure that the exclusion of review of Upper Tribunal’s permission-to-appeal decisions did not extend to Scotland.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

• Question put, That the amendment be made.

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• [1] Parliament's webpage on the Judicial Review and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
• [2] Judicial Review and Courts Bill as amended in committee, 23 November 2021, Parliament.uk
• [3] Explanatory notes to the Judicial Review and Courts Bill as introduced, 27 July 2021, Parliament.uk

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