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Recommendation 5
5
Accepted in Part
Urge Government to manage major legislation timetabling for departmental select committee scrutiny opportunity.
Recommendation
We urge the Government to consider how best to manage the timetabling of major legislation in the House of Commons to give a reasonable opportunity for relevant departmental select committees to conduct complementary scrutiny. (Recommendation, Paragraph 10) A better railway for passengers
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially agrees with the recommendation. While the government agrees that it is vital the LTRS does not become short-term, it disagrees that a legislative amendment is needed. However, the government will commit to laying a Written Ministerial Statement as well as a copy of the LTRS in the library of both Houses.
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Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
The Government notes this recommendation and agrees that departmental select committees can be a valuable and important part of the scrutiny process. The Transport Select Committee has provided useful insight and the department would be pleased to continue engagement with the Committee as the Bill progresses and during the GBR design and set up process. On timetabling, the Government makes every effort to ensure that scheduling allows proper scrutiny to be afforded to each Bill, although the Committee will be aware that all scheduling decisions are subject to Business Managers’ decisions on timetabling and that long gaps between stages are not always viable. A Better Railway for Passengers Relationship between the Secretary of State and GBR
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