Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 5
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 66
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee Delegation of legislative power All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Skeleton legislation signifies an exceptional shift in power from Parliament to the executive and entails the Government, in effect, asking Parliament to pass primary legislation which is so insubstantial that it leaves the real operation of the legislation to be decided by ministers. As such, it will rarely be justifiable.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 66, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).