Constitution Committee
Delegated Legislation and Parliament: A response to the Strathclyde Review
9th Report of Session 2015-16 - 23 March 2016 - HL Paper 116
Contents
The scale of delegated legislation
Parliamentary scrutiny of delegated legislation
Scrutiny by the House of Commons
Scrutiny by the House of Lords
The Draft Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendments) Regulations 2015
Fatal and non-fatal motions in the House of Lords
Conventions and established practice in relation to delegated legislation
Chapter 3: The remit of the Strathclyde Review
The relationship between Parliament and the Executive
The proper scope of delegated legislation
The “role of the House of Lords with respect to delegated
legislation”
Chapter 4: The Strathclyde Review
Financial privilege and delegated legislation
The “ability of elected Governments to secure their business in Parliament”
The effects of weakening the Lords’ powers over delegated
legislation
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: Delegated legislation in numbers
Figure 1: Total number of the UK Statutory Instruments,
by year, 1950–2015
Figure 2: Instruments subject to divisions on fatal motions,
May 1997 to February 2016
Table 1: House of Lords business relating to delegated legislation, 2004–05 to 2014–15