6Delegated Legislation and Legislative Reform Orders
Information and statistics relating to delegated legislation and Draft Legislative Reform Orders.
A Instruments laid before the House
Instruments subject to different forms of parliamentary procedure
|
Procedure applicable to Instruments |
Laid before the House |
|
Instruments subject to affirmative procedure— |
166 |
|
Made |
5 |
|
Draft5 |
160 |
|
Northern Ireland |
1 |
|
Instruments subject to negative procedure— |
537 |
|
Made6 |
494 |
|
Draft7 |
27 |
|
Northern Ireland |
16 |
|
Number prayed against |
21 |
|
Instruments subject in part to affirmative and in part to negative procedure |
0 |
|
Instruments not subject to parliamentary proceedings laid before Parliament |
22 |
|
Special Procedure Orders |
0 |
|
TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS LAID: |
725 |
B Instruments considered by the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments
The number of instruments subject to different forms of parliamentary procedure (numbers show totals considered by the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments in Session 2016-17 and may not reflect the total numbers laid before the House in that session).
|
Procedure applicable to Instruments |
Joint Committee |
Select Committee |
|
Instruments subject to affirmative procedure— |
||
|
Made |
4 |
6 |
|
Draft |
162 |
13 |
|
Instruments subject to negative procedure— |
||
|
Made |
404 |
52 |
|
Draft |
24 |
0 |
|
Northern Ireland |
34 |
0 |
|
Instruments not subject to parliamentary proceedings laid before Parliament— |
||
|
Made |
18 |
0 |
|
Instruments not laid before Parliament |
111 |
0 |
|
Special Procedure Orders |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTAL: |
757 |
71 |
The number of instruments to which the special attention of the House has been drawn
|
Ground upon which special attention was invited8 |
Joint Committee |
Select Committee |
|
Defective drafting |
39 |
1 |
|
Elucidation required |
14 |
1 |
|
Doubtful vires |
6 |
|
|
Unusual or unexpected or use of powers |
6 |
|
|
Failure to observe proper practice |
12 |
1 |
|
Other grounds |
3 |
|
|
TOTAL: |
80 |
3 |
C Consideration in the House and in Delegated Legislation Committee
Summary
|
Applicable procedure |
No. laid before the House |
No. considered in the House |
No. considered in DL Committee |
No. considered in Scottish or NI Grand Committee |
No. on which Question put forthwith in the House |
|
Affirmative |
1729 |
1010 |
150 |
0 |
14911 |
|
Negative |
53712 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total number of instruments considered in the House: 10
Information about which instruments were considered in the House can be found in the Sessional Diary: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/commons/sessional-diary/
Total number of instruments considered in Delegated Legislation Committee: 155
Total number of Delegated Legislation Committee meetings: 138 (of which 1 considered a motion related to IPSA; and 3 considered a motion relating to the Electoral Commission)
Information about specific Delegated Legislation Committees, including membership of Committees, can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/gc-debates/delegated-legislation-committee
D Draft Legislative Reform Orders
(See also Regulatory Reform Committee Return on p. 150.)
Summary
|
Number of draft Orders— |
|
|
laid before the House during the Session |
2 |
|
pending from previous Session |
0 |
|
withdrawn |
0 |
|
revised draft Orders laid before the House |
0 |
|
reported on by the Regulatory Reform Committee |
2 |
|
super-affirmative procedure (first stage): should be proceeded with unamended |
0 |
|
super-affirmative procedure (first stage): a revised draft order should be laid |
0 |
|
super-affirmative procedure (second stage): revised draft order should be approved |
0 |
|
affirmative procedure: should be approved |
2 |
|
affirmative procedure: should not be approved |
0 |
|
negative procedure: should be made |
0 |
|
considered by the House |
0 |
|
approved by the House |
0 |
Draft Legislative Reform Orders
The Committee reported formally on 2 Draft Legislative Reform Orders
The Committee made recommendations as set out below—
|
Draft Legislative Reform Harrogate Stray Act 1985 (Tour de Yorkshire) Order 2016 Laid with recommendation of affirmative procedure; Committee recommended, without division, that the draft Order be approved. |
Approved 12 December 2016 |
|
Draft Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2017 Laid with recommendation of affirmative procedure; Committee recommended, without division, that the draft Order be approved. |
Approved 6 March 2017 |
E Remedial Orders under the Human Rights Act 1998
For a summary of the procedures applying to remedial orders, see Joint Committee on Human Rights, Seventh Report of Session 2001–02, HC 473, Annex A.
Summary
|
Number of draft Orders— |
|
|
laid before the House13 |
0 |
|
reported on |
0 |
|
recommended by JCHR to be approved |
0 |
|
recommended by JCHR to be disapproved |
0 |
|
considered by the House |
0 |
|
approved by the House |
0 |
5 11 draft instruments subject to the affirmative procedure were withdrawn.
6 1 made instrument subject to the negative procedure was withdrawn.
7 1 draft instrument subject to the negative procedure was withdrawn.
8 An instrument may be reported on more than one ground.
9 of which 6 were House of Commons Papers or Act Papers subject to approval rather than instruments.
10 of which 5 were House of Commons Papers or Act Papers subject to approval rather than instruments.
11 of which 1 was an Act Paper subject to approval rather than an instrument.
12 of which 52 were House of Commons, Act or Command Papers subject to the negative resolution procedure rather than instruments.
13 No proposals for draft Orders, draft Orders or Urgent Procedure Orders were laid in the Sessions 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The Draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012 was laid in Session 2010-12.
11 July 2017