Sixteenth Report of Session 2022–23

This is a House of Lords and House of Commons Committee joint report.

Author: Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

Date Published: 11 November 2022

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Instruments reported

At its meeting on 9 November 2022 the Committee scrutinised a number of instruments in accordance with Standing Orders. It was agreed that the special attention of both Houses should be drawn to five of those considered. The instruments and the grounds for reporting are given below. The relevant departmental memoranda are published as appendices to this report.

1S.I. 2022/935: Reported for defective drafting

National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022

1.1The Committee draws the special attention of both Houses to these Regulations on the ground that they are defectively drafted in two related respects.

1.2These Regulations, which are subject to the negative resolution procedure, amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (S.I. 2015/1862) and the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations (S.I. 2015/1879). The amendments are set out in the Schedules to these Regulations.

1.3Paragraph 10 of each Schedule inserts a new regulation (27AA in Schedule 1 and 21AA in Schedule 2) that requires contracts to include terms relating to the disclosure of information about NHS earnings. The contracts in question govern several different relationships: between holders of GMS Contracts and PMS Agreements (i.e., contractors), sub-contractors, third parties and the individuals employed or engaged by them who will be subject to the disclosure obligation. Generally, the inserted provisions distinguish between contracts already in place and contracts entered into after the GMS Contracts and PMS Agreements have been amended to include this new requirement: all new contracts must include the disclosure obligation, and in most cases, parties are only obliged to make reasonable endeavours to vary existing contracts. It appeared to the Committee, however, that paragraphs (10) and (11) of the new regulation had a different effect. Paragraph (10), which applies to contracts between a contractor and a third party (T), would have a term requiring T to include the disclosure obligation “in any contract of engagement to which T is a party” (emphasis added). Sub-paragraph (11), which applies to contracts between a sub-contractor (S) and a further sub-contractor (P), would have a term requiring P to include the disclosure obligation “in any third party contract (whenever entered into)”. In both cases, it appeared to the Committee that T and P would be under a clear duty to vary an existing contract. It asked the Department of Health and Social Care to explain whether this was the intent in sub-paragraph (10), and whether in both cases the obligation ought to have been qualified as one to make reasonable endeavours. In a memorandum printed at Appendix 1, the Department acknowledges that it would have been better to make separate provision for existing and future contracts in sub-paragraph (10) and to qualify the obligations on both T and P as obligations to make reasonable endeavours. It apologises for these errors and notes that it is considering what action may be needed. The Committee accordingly reports paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 (new regulation 27AA(10) and (11) and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 (new regulation 21AA(10) and (11)) for defective drafting, acknowledged by the Department.

2S.I. 2022/985: Reported for doubtful vires and for defective drafting

Charities (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College) Order 2022

2.1The Committee draws the special attention of both Houses to this Order on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether it is intra vires in one respect and that it is defectively drafted in one respect.

2.2This Order, which is subject to the negative resolution procedure, gives effect to a scheme that amends the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Act 1985, the private Act that governs the College.

2.3Paragraphs 3(2) and 5 of the Schedule amend the 1985 Act by substituting new provisions for sections 4(5) and 7(5). In both cases, the new provisions confer a power on the King by Order in Council to further amend the 1985 Act. The Committee asked the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to identify the vires for this sub-delegation. In a memorandum printed at Appendix 2, the Department acknowledges that although section 73(1)(a) of the Charities Act 2011, under which this instrument is made, confers a broad power to amend primary legislation, it does not confer the ability to sub-delegate that power. The Department undertakes to correct the error at the earliest opportunity. The Committee accordingly reports paragraphs 3(2) and 5 of the Schedule (new sections 4(5) and 7(5) of the 1985 Act) for doubt as to whether they are intra vires, acknowledged by the Department.

2.4Paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule inserts the words “(as amended by the Scheme)” into section 6 of the 1985 Act. The Committee asked the Department where “the Scheme” is defined for the purposes of that new text. In its memorandum, the Department asserts that as the Scheme to which this instrument gives effect is the only scheme that amends the 1985 Act, context requires the term to be read as a reference to this Scheme and no definition is required. While the Committee accepts that this is, for the time being, the only possible construction, the Scheme ought to have been identified in specific express terms as there is nothing otherwise in the Act that enables a reader to know where it can be found. (The Department’s undertaking to amend the Scheme to correct the errors identified above may also give rise to further confusion.) The Committee accordingly reports paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule for defective drafting.

3S.I. 2022/995: Reported for failure to comply with proper legislative practice

Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

3.1The Committee draws the special attention of both Houses to these Regulations on the ground that they fail to comply with proper legislative practice in one respect.

3.2These Regulations, which are subject to the negative resolution procedure, amend three instruments to substitute references to the 2022 Standard Crime Contract for references to the 2017 Standard Crime Contract. While two of the amended instruments include details about how to obtain a hard copy of the relevant contract, no such detail is provided in either these Regulations or the third amended instrument (S.I. 2013/9). The Committee asked the Ministry of Justice to provide that information. In a memorandum printed at Appendix 3, the Department does so and also provides the specific web address for the 2022 contract. As the Committee stated in its First Special Report of Session 2017–19 (Transparency and Accountability in Secondary Legislation, paragraphs 4.5 to 4.8), documents that are given significance in legislation should be made readily available both to readers who do not have access to the internet and to those who do. In this case, neither the amended instruments nor the transitional provision in regulation 6 can be fully understood without reference to the 2022 contract, which makes it necessary to ensure that it is accessible to readers. The Committee accordingly reports this instrument for failure to comply with proper legislative practice.

4S.I. 2022/1020: Reported for defective drafting

Pests of Plants (Authorisations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

4.1The Committee draws the special attention of both Houses to these Regulations on the ground that they are defectively drafted in one respect.

4.2These Regulations, which are subject to the negative resolution procedure, amend the requirements relating to the introduction of quarantine pests into Great Britain (EU Regulation 2019/829). The amendments made by regulation 2(4)(b) result in the applicant being required to stipulate “the place of origin of the specified material, including the name and address (including country), with appropriate documentary evidence where the specified material is to be introduced from a third country”. The Committee asked the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to explain whose name is to be stipulated in the application. In a memorandum printed at Appendix 4, the Department explains that it is the name of the laboratory or institution from which the material originated. The provision had referred to the name and address of the “consignor and provider” and the Committee considers that words should have been included, making it clear that it is the name of the laboratory or institution that is to be provided. Without them, in the context of the long list of quarantine pests subject to regulation, including insects, it is unclear that “place of origin” is referring to a laboratory or other institution. On that basis, the Committee reports regulation 2(4)(b) for defective drafting.

5S.I. 2022/1030: Reported for defective drafting and for requiring elucidation

Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022

5.1The Committee draws the special attention of both Houses to these Rules on the grounds that they are defectively drafted in two respects and require elucidation in one respect.

5.2These Rules, which are subject to the negative resolution procedure, amend the rules of procedure for several tribunals. Rule 6 amends the rules that apply to the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal (S.I. 2010/2600) to include, in a new Part 6A, references to applications under section 135 of the Environment Act 2021. This section enables the Upper Tribunal, in response to an application by “any person interested”, to make declarations about conservation covenants, including whether any person is bound by an obligation under a covenant.

5.3New rule 39A defines “landowner” for the purposes of Part 6A as “a person bound by an obligation under [a conservation covenant to which an application relates]”. New rule 39B(4) requires the Tribunal to send a copy of the application and related documents to any person (other than the applicant) identified in the application as a landowner with an interest in the application land or in other land to which the application relates. It appeared to the Committee that because of the narrow definition of “landowner”, classes of person might be excluded from this duty. The Committee asked the Department to confirm whether it is intended that the Tribunal must send a copy of the application to: (a) a person with an interest in the application land who is not bound by the obligation to which the application relates; and (b) a person whom the applicant believes to be bound by that obligation. In a memorandum printed at Appendix 5, the Department confirms that both classes of person are intended to be caught by the duty in rule 394(B) and acknowledges that the drafting does not achieve that intention in that it does not cover category (a); it undertakes to correct the error in the next amending instrument. The Committee accordingly reports rule 6(3) for defective drafting in relation to new rule 39B(4), acknowledged by the Department.

5.4New rule 39B(1) sets out the information that must be included in an application under section 135. That includes, at sub-paragraph (g) the applicant’s interest in the application land – but only if the applicant is a landowner. The Committee asked the Department to explain how the Tribunal will ascertain whether an applicant is “a person interested” for the purposes of that application, particularly where the applicant has an interest in the application land but either is not bound by a covenant obligation or does ot believe themselves to be so bound, and therefore does not fall within the definition of “landowner”. In its memorandum, the Department explains that the wording of section 135 which permits applications by “any person interested” is intended to be – and is – broadly construed by the Tribunal. The Rules therefore intentionally avoid setting out criteria that would fetter the Tribunal’s discretion in determining whether a person is sufficiently interested. The Department did undertake, however, to consider whether it might be beneficial for the Rules to require the applicant to state the nature of their interest where this is not otherwise clear from the application. The Committee is accordingly content to report rule 6(3) for requiring elucidation, provided by the Department’s memorandum.

5.5New rule 39B(3)(b) provides for an application to be made jointly by two or more persons if “the application is (for each person) the same land or different parts of the same land”. The Committee asked the Department to confirm whether words were missing from this phrase. In its memorandum, the Department confirms that this provision should have referred to “the application land” (not just “the application”) and undertakes to correct the error in the next amending instrument. The Committee accordingly reports rule 6(3) for defective drafting in relation to new rule 39B(3)(b), acknowledged by the Department.

Instruments not reported

At its meeting on 9 November 2022 the Committee considered the instruments set out in the Annex to this Report, none of which were required to be reported to both Houses.

Annex

Instruments requiring affirmative approval

S.I. Numbers

S.I. Title

S.I. 2022/1100

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1101

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1102

Energy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1103

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1105

Energy Prices (Domestic Supply) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1106

Energy Bill Relief Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

Draft instruments requiring affirmative approval

S.I. Numbers

S.I. Title

Draft

Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Draft

Air Quality (Designation of Relevant Public Authorities) (England) Regulations 2022

Instruments subject to annulment

S.I. Numbers

S.I. Title

S.I. 2022/1043

School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) (No. 2) Order 2022

S.I. 2022/1071

Sentencing Act 2020 (Serious Violence Reduction Orders: Retention and Disposal of Seized Items) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1080

Financial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1083

Central Rating List and Telecommunications Apparatus (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1096

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Draft instruments subject to annulment

S.I. Numbers

S.I. Title

Draft

Liverpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2022

Instruments not subject to Parliamentary proceedings not laid before Parliament

S.I. Numbers

S.I. Title

S.I. 2022/9871

Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days) (Saving Provision) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1048

Free Zone (Customs Site No. 1 Plymouth) Designation Order 2022

S.I. 2022/1091

Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges for the 3.4 GHz Frequency Band and the 3.6 GHz Frequency Band) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1093

Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1095

Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1109

Charities Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022

Appendix 1: Memorandum from the Department of Health and Social Care

S.I. 2022/935

National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022

1)The Committee has asked for a memorandum on the following points:

In relation to paragraph 10 of each Schedule (inserted regulation 27AA), explain:

(1) whether, in paragraph (10), the reference to “any contract of engagement to which T is a party” is intended to include existing contracts and, if so, whether the obligation on T ought to have been qualified as one to make reasonable endeavours; and

(2) whether paragraph (11)(b) ought to have qualified the obligation on P as one to make reasonable endeavours, given that it applies in relation to contracts “whenever entered into”.

2)In relation to point 1), the Department confirms that the reference, in paragraph (10), to “any contract of engagement to which T is a party” is intended to include existing contracts of engagement.

3)On reflection, the Department considers that it would have been better to have made separate provision for existing and future contracts, and to have qualified the obligation on T as one to make reasonable endeavours in respect of amending existing contracts.

4)In relation to point 2), as with point 1), the Department considers that it would have been better for the obligation on P to have been qualified as one to make reasonable endeavours.

5)The Department apologises and is considering the practical consequences, and whether an amendment is needed, in conjunction with NHS England, which has responsibility for managing GP contracts.

Department of Health and Social Care

1 November 2022

Appendix 2: Memorandum from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

S.I. 2022/985

Charities (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College) Order 2022

1)The Committee has asked for a memorandum on the following points:

(1) In relation to paragraphs 3(2) and 5 of the Schedule (substituted sections 4(5) and 7(5)), identify the vires for the provisions that sub-delegate power to amend the 1985 Act.

(2) In relation to the amendments made to the 1985 Act by paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule, explain where “the Scheme” is defined for the purposes of the inserted text.

2)The Department is grateful to the Committee for its scrutiny. The Department’s response on the two points raised by the Committee is set out below, in the order of the points raised.

3)In response to the first point raised. Section 73 of the Charities Act 2011 (and its predecessor section 19 of the Charities Act 1960) provide a mechanism for charities governed by statute to amend their governing Act at less cost, and as an alternative to requiring further primary legislation. Section 73 therefore mitigates the disadvantage which statutory charities would otherwise face in making required constitutional changes, compared to charities whose governing document takes a different form.

4)The content of this scheme, as with all schemes settled under section 73 of the Charities Act 2011, is led by the charity amending its governing Act. The content of a scheme under section 73 is then subject to the procedural safeguards of: i) the Charity Commission’s discretion to settle a scheme, which in turn is limited by the Commission’s general duties under section 16 of the Charities Act 2011 (in particular the Commission’s fourth general duty) and ii) the Department’s involvement under section 73(2).

5)It is accepted however, that although section 73(1)(a) of the Charities Act 2011 provides a necessarily wide power to amend primary legislation, it does not provide an express power to sub-delegate the power to further amend a charity’s governing Act.

6)Accordingly, the Department will work alongside the Charity Commission, and the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College to amend paragraph 3(2) and 5 of the Scheme at the earliest opportunity, in order to remove the powers to further amend the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Act 1985, and to find an alternative means of achieving the intended aim of these powers.

7)In response to the second point raised, the term “the Scheme”, as inserted within the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Act 1985, refers to the Scheme contained within the Schedule to S.I. 2022/985. This is the only scheme in existence which amends the 1985 Act. The term “the Scheme” as it appears within the 1985 Act, when preceded by “this Act as amended by”, can therefore only be read as a reference to the Scheme contained within the Schedule to S.I. 2022/985. Accordingly, the term “the Scheme” has not been separately defined within the 1985 Act.

Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

1 November 2022

Appendix 3: Memorandum from the Ministry of Justice

S.I. 2022/995

Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1)The Committee has asked for a memorandum on the following points:

(1) Having regard to the acknowledged breach of the 21-day rule, explain the delay of four days between the making and laying of this instrument.

(2) Explain where a hard copy of the 2022 Standard Crime Contract can be obtained free of charge.

2)The instrument was made late in the day on Friday 23 September 2022. The Department was unable to complete internal checks and registration of the instrument in time to lay on Monday 26 September 2022 before the laying offices had closed at the earlier recess time of 3pm. Registration was completed on 27 September 2022 and laid the same day, less than two working days after it was made.

3)The 2022 Standard Crime Contract is available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2022 or can be supplied as a hard copy free of charge by the Legal Aid Agency, 13th Floor, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AH on request.

Ministry of Justice

31 October 2022

Appendix 4: Memorandum from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

S.I. 2022/1020

Pests of Plants (Authorisations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1)The Committee has asked for a memorandum on the following point:

In relation to regulation 2(4)(b), explain whose name is to be stipulated in the application (“including the name and address”).

2)The name and address to be stipulated is that of the laboratory or person from which the material originated. This reflects industry practice that such details, if known, are provided. It also reflects the policy objective that the details of the place of origin are provided if known.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

1 November 2022

Appendix 5: Memorandum from the Ministry of Justice

S.I. 2022/1030

Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022

1)The Committee has asked for a memorandum on the following points:

In relation to rule 6, inserted Part 6A:

(1) Having regard to the definition of “landowner” in new rule 39A,confirm whether it is intended that under new rule 39B(4) the Tribunal must send a copy of the application to any person who has an interest in the application land but is not bound by the relevant obligation, or to any person whom the applicant believes to be bound by the relevant obligation, and if so, how effect is given to that intention.

(2) Where the applicant is a person who has an interest in the application land but is not, or does not believe themselves to be, bound by the relevant obligation and so is not or may not be a “landowner”, explain how the Tribunal will ascertain whether they are “a person interested” for the purposes of section 135 Environment Act 2021.

(3) In new rule 39B(3)(b), confirm whether there are words missing from the phrase “the application is (for each person) the same land”.

2)The Department is grateful to the Committee for raising these points. The Department’s response to each point is set out below.

3)Point (1). The Department confirms that it is the intention that under rule 39B(4) the Tribunal is required to send a copy of the application to any person identified by the applicant as:

a) a person who is bound by the relevant obligation;

b) a person whom the applicant believes to be bound by the relevant obligation;

c) any person who has an interest in the land but is not bound by the relevant obligation; and

d) the responsible body.

4)The Department acknowledges that the drafting of rule 39B(4) produces a narrower result than intended, in particular in not covering category (c)above. The Department will seek to ensure that the necessary amendments are made in the next instrument amending Tribunal Procedure Rules.

5)Point (2). Section 135 of the Environment Act 2021 provides that an application for a declaration as to a conservation covenant can be made by “any person interested”; but that Act does not define what constitutes “interested”, or provide any further qualifying requirements. The Explanatory Notes to the Act (in paragraph 1133) explain that “It will be for the court or the Upper Tribunal to decide whether an applicant has sufficient interest to make an application.”, but also give an example illustrative of the breadth of the concept of interest: “A person might seek a declaration under subsection (1) in circumstances where they needed to know the status of a conservation covenant – for example, in order to resist an action enforcing a breach or because the land was wanted for a different use.”. The report of the Law Commission to which effect is given by Part 7 of the Act (Conservation Covenants, Law Com. No. 349) explained that the recommendation which section 135 implements was for power to make a declaration upon the application of any person “interested about obligations under a conservation covenant”, in terms indicating that the intention was not to be restrictive about what would constitute a sufficient interest. The approach of the Rules is accordingly not to seek to provide criteria by which the Tribunal is to determine whether an applicant is sufficiently “ interested” to make such an application under section 135 (as with rules of court concerning, for example, judicial review pursuant to section 31 of the Senior Courts Act1981 or statutory review under section 287 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which do not seek to provide criteria for determining whether an applicant has a “sufficient interest” for the purposes of judicial review, or is a “person aggrieved” the purposes of statutory review of a planning decision) . The Department will, however, consider whether it might be beneficial for the Rules to incorporate a requirement for an applicant to state the nature of the applicant’s interest (should that not be clear from the nature of the application itself).

6)Point (3). The Department concedes that the wording of new rule39B(3)(b) may have been elided too far when the rule was structured into paragraphs and sub-paragraphs, and that additional wording, to the effect that the application land is (for each person) the same land, would improve the rule. The Department will seek to ensure that an appropriate amendment for this purpose is made in the next instrument amending Tribunal Procedure Rules.

Ministry of Justice

31 October 2022

Appendix 6: Memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions

S.I. 2022/987

Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days) (Saving Provision) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

1)The Committee has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (“the Department”) for a memorandum on the following point:

Explain whether the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland consented to the making of this instrument; if it was not, the reason why; and if it was, why that consent was not recited in the preamble.

2)The Department’s response to the Committee’s point is set out below.

3)These Regulations were the result of a request from the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland, to the Secretary of State, for such regulations to be made. As such, the Department for Communities consented to the making of these Regulations. Nevertheless, the Department considers that the preamble is correct not to refer to this consent.

4)Section 89(4) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 provides that regulations made under s89(3) may not be made without the authority’s consent where the provision could also be made by the authority. Such provision can only be made by a Northern Ireland Department, under s89(9), where the criteria in s89(10) are met. These criteria essentially relate to whether or not the provision would be within the legislative competence of the NI Assembly and would not, if contained within an Act of the Assembly, require the consent of the Secretary of State.

5)The Department for Communities, the experts in relation to their own competence, took the view that they were unable to make the provision made by these Regulations under sections 89(9) and (10) and that any such provision would have to be made by the Secretary of State. Therefore, they requested that the Secretary of State make such provision, under s89(3), on their behalf.

6)Where section 89(9) does not apply, the requirement, under s89(4), for the Northern Ireland Department to consent to the making of regulations also does not apply. As such, the provision of such consent was not a prerequisite to the making of these Regulations. Therefore, there was no requirement to rehearse the consent of the Department for Communities within the preamble because this was not relevant to the power to make these Regulations. As s89(4) does not apply, consent is not considered to be “the fulfilment of any condition that the enabling Act requires before the SI can be made” within paragraph 3.11.28 of Statutory Instrument Practice.

7)The Department considers that it would not be appropriate for the preamble or an Explanatory Memorandum to explain all the provisions which do not apply to a particular set of regulations. That approach would lead to significantly longer documents, containing much material of lesser relevance. As such, it was not felt necessary to explain why s89(4) did not apply within the preamble or the Explanatory Memorandum.

8)However, the Explanatory Memorandum, in paragraph 1.1, does explain that the Memorandum, and therefore implicitly the Regulations, were “prepared by the Department for Work and Pensions […] on the request of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland”. Paragraph 3.2 of the Memorandum also makes clear that the Department for Communities was engaged with in the making of the Regulations. It is respectfully suggested that it is consequently implicit that the Regulations were made because the Northern Ireland Department lacked competence to make such provisions, and hence sections 89(4) and (9) did not apply.

9)For the reasons given above, it is respectfully submitted that the Regulations were correct not to recite the consent of the Northern Ireland Department within the preamble. It is additionally submitted that the Explanatory Memorandum is sufficiently clear on this matter to mean that elucidation is not required.

Department for Work and Pensions

1 November 2022

Formal Minutes

Wednesday 9 November 2022

Virtual meeting

Members present

Jessica Morden, in the Chair

Lord Beith

Lord Chartres

Baroness D’Souza

Baroness Gale

Lord Haskel

Paul Holmes

Baroness Newlove

Lord Smith of Hindhead

Richard Thomson

Liz Twist

Report consideration

Draft Report (Sixteenth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1.1 to 5.5 read and agreed to.

Papers were appended to the Report as Appendices 1 to 6.

Resolved, That the Report be the Sixteenth Report of the Committee to both Houses.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House of Commons and that the Report be made to the House of Lords.

Adjournment

Adjourned till Wednesday 16 November at 3.40 p.m.


Footnotes

1 The Committee requested a memorandum for this instrument. It is printed at Appendix 6.