Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 28
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 129
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We welcome the Lord President’s assertion that bills should be supported by well-developed policies and also the steps that he has taken to ensure that the PBL Committee reinforces this message in departments. We have no doubt however that, on occasion, the processes of policy development and bill drafting, and the parliamentary legislative timetable are misaligned. As a result, powers are included in bills which are, in effect, “a tool to cover imperfect policy development”. This is unacceptable, and we look to the Government to undertake the systemic reforms necessary to prevent its happening.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 129, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).