Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
The Committee’s terms of reference, as amended on 11 July 2018, are set out on the website but are, broadly:
To report on draft instruments and memoranda laid before Parliament under sections 8, 9 and 23(1) of the European Withdrawal Act 2018.
And, to scrutinise –
(a) every instrument (whether or not a statutory instrument), or draft of an instrument, which is laid before each House of Parliament and upon which proceedings may be, or might have been, taken in either House of Parliament under an Act of Parliament;
(b) every proposal which is in the form of a draft of such an instrument and is laid before each House of Parliament under an Act of Parliament,
with a view to determining whether or not the special attention of the House should be drawn to it on any of the grounds specified in the terms of reference.
The Committee may also consider such other general matters relating to the effective scrutiny of secondary legislation as the Committee considers appropriate, except matters within the orders of reference of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Members
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The Earl of Lindsay |
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(Chairman) |
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Registered interests
Information about interests of Committee Members can be found in the last Appendix to this report.
Publications
The Committee’s Reports are published on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/seclegpublications
Committee Staff
The staff of the Committee are Christine Salmon Percival (Clerk), Helen Gahir (Adviser), Philipp Mende (Adviser), Jane White (Adviser), Louise Andrews (Committee Assistant), Ben Dunleavy (Committee Assistant) and Paul Bristow (Specialist Adviser).
Further Information
Further information about the Committee is available at https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/secondary-legislation-scrutiny-committee/
The progress of statutory instruments can be followed at https://beta.parliament.uk/find-a-statutory-instrument
The National Archives publish statutory instruments with a plain English explanatory memorandum on the internet at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi
Contacts
Any query about the Committee or its work, or opinions on any new item of secondary legislation, should be directed to the Clerk to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, Legislation Office, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW. The telephone number is 020 7219 8821 and the email address is hlseclegscrutiny@parliament.uk.