Delegated Powers and Deregulation - Thirty-Seventh Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 29 November 2000.

CONTENTS

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

REPORT

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
The House of Commons Deregulation Committee

Relations with other Parliamentary Committees and organisations

The purpose of this Special Report




PART 2: WORKLOAD AND TIMESCALES FOR WORK

Oral evidence




PART 3: DELEGATED POWERS: THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE

WHAT IS "INAPPROPRIATE DELEGATION"?
Case study one: the Representation of the People Bill

Case study two: the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill

DELEGATED POWERS IN COMMONS PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS

Case study three: the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill

USE OF COMMONS-ONLY PROCEDURE FOR ORDER-MAKING POWERS

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Compatibility of secondary legislation with the ECHR

Case study four: the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill

SOME PROCEDURAL CONSEQUENCES OF DEVOLUTION

GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO THE COMMITTEE'S REPORTS

COMMENCEMENT POWERS

Case study five: the Electronic Communications Bill

SUNSET PROVISIONS IN BILLS

Case study six: the Football (Disorder) Bill - a sunset provision

THE EFFECT AND VALUE OF PRE-LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY

The effect and value of pre-legislative scrutiny

Case study seven: the Financial Services and Markets Bill




PART 4: THE DRAFT REGULATORY REFORM BILL




PART 5: REPORTING ON AMENDMENTS




PART 6: DEREGULATION PROPOSALS

THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE
Case study eight: draft Deregulation (Sunday Dancing and Licensing) Order 2000

Further licensing deregulation proposals

Case study nine: draft Deregulation (Millennium Licensing) Order 1999




PART 7: CONCLUSION

APPENDIX - LIST OF MEMBERS

ANNEX 1

ANNEX 2

ANNEX 3

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