Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 20
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 106
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)
Where a department is uncertain as to whether use of one of these devices amounts to delegation of a legislative power, they should err on the side of caution and provide a clear explanation in the delegated powers memorandum about why the view has been taken that the power is administrative rather than legislative in character.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 106, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).