Recommendation 31

To facilitate this scrutiny the Bill should ensure that the Government must present to the committee a notice of any provision which it intends should expire, together with a memorandum of its reasons and an impact assessment in time to allow consideration before sunset. Where the Government intends to incorporate a provision into UK domestic law under the affirmative procedure it should present a draft of the proposed instrument to the committee, together with a memorandum of its reasons for any decision to adapt or amend the regulations and/or for any decision by the Government not to preserve any element of them. In each case that committee should: • provide the Government with an opportunity to give such further explanations of its proposal as the committee may require, except where the committee does not consider it reasonably practicable to do so within the statutory timeframe; • report on the notice or draft instrument and accompanying papers, drawing to the attention of the House any observations or concerns arising from its consideration of such documents; and • have the power to recommend any notice or draft instrument for debate on the floor of the House: if rejecting this recommendation, the Government should be required to make a statement explaining its reasons. The Government must ensure that the flow of notices and proposed instruments to any relevant committee is controlled and consistent, so that the committee has a reasonable opportunity for effective examination of each proposal within the statutory timeframe. (Paragraph 162) 70 Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets The impact of an ageing population on the labour market