A Bill to make provision about the status of, and privileges and immunities in connection with, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the International Committee of the Red Cross; and for connected purposes.
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1 This Bill seeks to enable the Government to treat the CPA and the ICRC in a manner comparable to that of an international organisation of which the United Kingdom, or His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, is a member. Before this Bill, the Government was unable to do that, including conferring privileges and immunities on these two organisations, because neither organisation falls within the scope of existing powers under the International Organisations Act 1968 (c. 48) ("the 1968 Act").
2 The Bill contains six clauses and one schedule, addressing issues related to the status of t…