Correspondence
Sunset provisions in statutory instruments dealing with COVID-19
1.Having considered a significant number of statutory instruments that make provision, either directly or indirectly, to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, the Committee noticed the use of a wide variety of different sunset dates and provisions. To assist the House in scrutinising the legislation, we asked the Leader of the House of Commons for a list of all statutory instruments laid before the House to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic that contain sunset provisions, along with the expiry date of those provisions and an explanation of how the application of these sunset provisions will be monitored. This correspondence was published in our 13th report.1 We also requested monthly updates of the list and, after further correspondence, we have now received the first monthly update which is published in Appendix 1 of this report. We welcome the overview and look forward to receiving further updates in due course. We will continue to monitor the use of sunset provisions in secondary legislation.
1 13th Report, Session 2019-2021 (HL 57).