Extract from Lords debate on Preparing Legislation for Parliament (Constitution Committee Report) - Jun 12
Thursday, 13 June 2019 08:19
Lord Trefgarne (Con):...Over the last year, my committee and the
sub-committees have dealt with a number of instruments which may be
classified as giving effect to significant policy decisions. They
included, to name just a few, regulations about the teaching of
relationships, sex and health education in schools, about which we
received over 430 submissions from members of the public; universal
credit regulations which involved the migration of about 3 million
people on long-term benefits to...Request free trial
(Con):...Over
the last year, my committee and the sub-committees have dealt with
a number of instruments which may be classified as giving effect to
significant policy decisions. They included, to name just a few,
regulations about the teaching of relationships, sex and health
education in schools, about which we received over 430 submissions
from members of the public; universal credit regulations which
involved the migration of about 3 million people on long-term
benefits to universal credit; regulations changing the maximum
stake for fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to £2; and
regulations to set up a stand-alone UK regulatory regime, REACH UK
as it was called, for the regulation and control of chemicals. Most
recently, following an evidence session with the Minister and
submissions from interested organisations, we reported on
regulations relating to the Government’s decision to cease
operating a statutory adoption register...
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