Select committee: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Conclusion 39
12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive
Published 24 Nov 2021
Paragraph 166
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Guide is currently a practical document to assist bill teams. With the addition of the new material, we believe that it has a broader purpose: to remind departments, both ministers and officials and also the PBL Committee, of the constitutional principles underlying the relationship between Parliament and the executive. Adoption and promulgation of a revised Guide will therefore be a powerful mechanism, we believe, for re-setting that relationship. We look forward to its introduction.
From: Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, 12th Report - Democracy Denied? The urgent need to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, paragraph 166, 24 November 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 January 2022 (deadline 24 January 2022).