Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Recommendation 19
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 105
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
In the absence of convincing reasons to the contrary, therefore, we recommend that they should not be used. Where the Government take the view that they have convincing reasons, then the use of these devices – and the level of scrutiny applied to them – should be clearly identified in the delegated powers memorandum and fully justified.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 105, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).