Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 3
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 55
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The “considerable disquiet” identified in the Jellicoe Report, and wider issues relating to the balance of power between Parliament and the executive, remain as live an issue in the current political environment as it was at the time of the Donoughmore Committee, brought to the fore in recent years by the circumstances surrounding the Strathclyde Review and then the impact of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is for this reason that we say that a critical moment has been reached and it is now a matter of urgency that Parliament should revisit these important issues, take stock, and consider how the balance of power can be re-set.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 55, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).