Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 17
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 103
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We have already referred to the statement by the Leader of the House that guidance should not be used to circumvent the usual way of regulating a matter. The same is also true of these other devices. Provision in bills giving ministers powers to make determinations, directions, arrangements or to issue codes of practice, public notices etc. — where they are in effect camouflaged legislation — is an unacceptable ploy and, as matter of principle, should not be sought by the Government in the bills they put before Parliament.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 103, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).