Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 36
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 160
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)
We invite the Procedure Committee and the House to consider amending Standing Orders to allow the DPRRC a “scrutiny reserve” so that, in cases where a bill includes most exceptionally wide delegations for which there has been no satisfactory justification or the Committee takes the view that the bill contained skeleton provision, time will be available for the Committee to request a minister to provide further justification. Under the “scrutiny reserve” the committee stage could not proceed until the Committee had reported to the House.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 160, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).