Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background to
the inquiry
Constitutional
principles
The legal framework
of ministerial powers
Chapter 2: Government
controls on pre-legislative action and expenditure
The 1932 concordat
The Treasury
framework: Managing Public Money
The Treasury's
role: "Parliament's guardian in Whitehall"
The "second
reading convention"
A true convention?
Operation
of the second reading practice
Informing Parliament
Ministerial directions
Restatement of
principles and practices governing pre-emption
Chapter 3: The
legal basis of pre-emption
Sources of Government
power
The Ram memorandum
Status of
the memorandum
Criticisms
of the memorandum
The "Ram
doctrine"
The scope of
the common law powers of the Crown
Decisions
of the courts
References
in Government publications
Chapter 4: Effective
parliamentary scrutiny
Chapter 5: Summary
of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List
of members and declarations of interest
Appendix 2: List
of witnesses
Appendix 3: Call
for evidence
Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hlconstitution
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (0207
219 5314).
References in the footnotes to the report are as
follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence;
witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence.
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